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Francesco Fontebasso
Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatorycirca 1734

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper with arched top, multi-figure baroque composition showing armored and robed figures below, falling figures at lower left, and a radiant female figure surrounded by cherubs and angels on clouds above

Francesco Fontebasso, Sebastiano Ricci, Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory, circa 1734, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Estella K. Mysels

Artist or Maker
Francesco Fontebasso
Italy, Venice, 1707-1769
After
Sebastiano Ricci
Italy, Venice, 1659-1734
Title
Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1734
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 25 7/8 x 18 9/16 in. (65.72 x 47.15 cm); plate: 22 1/4 x 15 3/16 in. (56.52 x 38.58 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Estella K. Mysels
Accession Number
AC1994.20.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings