Caption
God speaks to Paul, Paintings by Giovanni Lanfranco intended for the Loggia del Benedizione in the Vatican, History of Peter and Paul, Disegno della loggia di San Pietro in Vaticano dove si da la Benedizione, print, album page, Series number, 12, 21, A tondo with a painting of God speaking to Paul in the night. Around the tondo images of nude figures and personifications. Print is part of an album., number: '89., 8', printmaker: Pietro Sante Bartoli, Italy, after design by Giovanni Lanfranco, dedicated to: Giovanni Battista Borghese, 1665, paper, etching, height 276 mm x width 281 mm, A framed black and white engraving showing a group of figures seated and reclining on large billowing clouds above an architectural cornice, with decorative columns and niches below. Central figures sit on clouds with flowing garments and radiating halos, one raising a hand and another with a hand on the chest. Surrounding them are additional seated and reclining figures in varied poses, some turned toward the center and others looking outward. Several cherubic children with small wings occupy the lower clouds, some leaning or clinging to the drapery. Heavy crosshatched shading and fine linework create texture in the clouds, garments, and architectural forms, while ornate pilasters and cornice moldings frame the scene at the sides. Two small figures appear within the lower niches formed by the architecture, each positioned behind the columns. The overall composition fills the rectangular frame with layered clouds, figures, and architectural details.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B30_387
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