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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R3318
People
Johann Jacob Frey, German (1681 - 1752)
After Carlo Cignani, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1628 - 1719 Forli, Italy)
Title
Saint Benedict in the Desert
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th-18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242303

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR[attatched to the mount, a segment once below the image has R's apparent recreation of what the engraver's letters might look like]
    [his words]:"This impression is one of the most beautiful of the first issue; Dedicated to the Abbot Peter Ganetti by J Frey at Rome"
    [script]:"S Benedicti Iconem; A Carlo Cignano colribus expressam nunc primum ere incisam; Rmo Pri D Petro Ganneti Abbate Glassense Congregationis Camaldalensis Generali; Bonarum artium amantissimo; in obsequii sui argumentum DDD; Jac Frey"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
LeBlanc 23

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R3318
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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