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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.184
People
Antonio Tempesta, Italian (Florence, Italy 1555 - 1630 Rome, Italy)
Title
The Ceremony for the Exhibition of the Holy Shroud in Turin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1613
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/364402

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 43 × 62.3 cm (16 15/16 × 24 1/2 in.)
sheet: 43.9 × 63.5 cm (17 5/16 × 25 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left, in plate: Sacroƒancta SINDON. ƒahia pre /sentem Caterua in tuis hodie / laudibus Congregatam.
  • inscription: upper right, in plate: Felix Domus SABAVDIÆ que tanto / pignore ditata sacro hoc mu: / nere gloriatur.
  • inscription: in plate, in image: [lower left:] Cum Priuilegio Sum Pont. [lower center: Superiorum permiƒsu. [lower right:] Antonius Tempeƒta fecit.
  • inscription: below image, in plate: [lower left:] ALT EXA REALE / ECCO il Rirratto del Santiƒƒimo Sudario pretioƒiƒƒimo Thoƒoro della ƒua REAL Caƒa, nella maniera che ogni annoli r. di Maggio ƒuol moƒtrarƒi con REgia Maƒra a quaƒi infinito / popolo nella gran piazza del real Faƒtello dell'aigiƒiƒƒima Citta di Torino Degneƒi l'A digrandir queƒto mio picclol dono ch'io pregaro il Sig conƒerui lognament la ƒua REAL perƒona. V. M. [lower right:]ORATIO DE S. SINDONE / Omnipotens ƒempiterne DEVS, qui in memoriam Paƒƒions vnigenitri filiitui Sanctum Sidonem cum expreƒƒa ipƒius eƒƒigie venerandam reliquiƒƒei in terris, / tribue quæ ƒumus nobis vt per virturem eiuƒdem sancræ Syndonis ƒaciem tuam contemplari mereamur in Cælis, Qviviuis & regnasin ƒæcula seculor. Amen.
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: [illegible text, cut off]
  • watermark: [angel]
  • countermark: [C or a ring]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, Dallas], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bartsch XVII 862; Bury 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.184
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

Verification Level

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