Caption
Three saints interceding for victims of the plague, print, Three saints kneel before Mary and the Christ Child. In the foreground, victims of the plague. In the background, a landscape with buildings, possibly the city of Lucca., inscription: '... 191', printmaker: Pietro Testa, Italy, c. 1630 - c. 1631, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 276 mm x width 195 mm, saints, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, Madonna: ie Mary with the Christ-child, plague, Tuscany, Lucca, A sepia-toned line engraving shows a group of robed adults and winged cherubs on rocky ground beneath large billowing clouds; a seated woman holds an infant close to her chest while nearby a figure in ornate robes leans on a shepherd's crook and bows his head, other cloaked figures recline or kneel among draped cloths and uneven stones; cherubs hover on the right, one standing with wings visible and another grasping the woman's garment, while additional reclining infants lie on the foreground ground; in the distant left background there are low buildings and a mountainous horizon, and vertical architectural elements rise behind the clouded group on the right.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B37_228
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