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St Jerome in the desert: P.2052-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

St Jerome in the desert
12 prints in claro obscuro

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kirkall, Elisha
Draughtsman: Farinati, Paolo (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: A Chariatte (early 20th century) (Lugt 88a)

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1723

Note

Chiaroscuro print with etched outline and mezzotint tone, overprinted with metal cut tone block.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Coloured ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 444 mm Width 298 mm
Sheet Height 444 mm Width 298 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching
Metalcut
Mezzotint
Colour printing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Paulo Farnati delin:
  • Location: Image lower left, on rock
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: E. Kirkall sculp: Lond.
  • Location: Image lower left, on rock, below the above
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1723.
  • Location: Image lower left, on rock, below the above
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: July En M 1819 S
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: initials in a rectangle

  • Text: AC
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped red ink
  • Type: Collector's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2052-1991
Primary reference Number: 94882
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 14
Lugt: 88a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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