Caption

Official seal, archbishop's curia; two seal impressions on a document. Each impression shows a crowned double-headed eagle with a coat of arms in the center. Dry seal impression depicts a clergyman standing in front, holding a crosier in his right hand. 1770, Italy, Genoa., A close-up of a textured, crumpled piece of paper with an embossed oval seal showing a raised figural scene; the paper is mostly off-white and beige with a greenish tint concentrated within the embossed area, and there is a vertical strip of black along the left edge. The embossed oval contains the faint relief of a central standing figure, another smaller figure nearby, and ornamental shapes around the rim; shadows and highlights emphasize the creases and fibrous surface, producing tones of beige, cream, pale green, dark gray, and muted brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A37_449

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77.4Mb (9.0Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4507 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Official seal archbishop's curia two seal impressions document impression crowned double-headed eagle coat arms center Dry seal impression depicts clergyman standing front holding crosier right hand 1770 Italy Genoa close-up textured crumpled piece paper embossed oval seal showing raised figural scene mostly off-white beige greenish tint concentrated within embossed area vertical strip black left edge embossed oval contains faint relief central standing figure another smaller figure nearby ornamental shapes rim shadows highlights emphasize creases fibrous surface producing tones cream pale green dark gray muted brown.