Légende

Title of the Festa della Sensa (fifth part), Ankunfft Und herkommen der weitberümbten herrlichen Statt Venedig Sambt derselben gewaltigen Herrschafft, print, text sheet, Procession of the Doge on Ascension Day through St. Mark's Square in Venice. The procession leads to the Bucintoro, the Doge's galley. Once a year, during the Festa della Sensa, the Doge ceremonially 'married' the Adriatic Sea by throwing a ring into the water from this galley., printmaker: Jost Amman, Nuremberg, publisher: Johann Valentin Schäller, Frankfurt am Main, 1697, Bavaria, Hesse, paper, woodcut, height 147 mm x width 382 mm, An off-white paper with dense black ornamental calligraphy filling most of the space, featuring tall vertical strokes, thick blackletter forms, and elaborate swirling flourishes that loop and curl around and through the letters, with visible textured ink edges and occasional small gaps in the black where the ink is worn, and a larger ornate flourish at the top center that interweaves with surrounding strokes.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A84_206

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

41.0Mo (8.0Mo) / 51.1cm x 20.1cm / 6032 x 2373 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Title Festa della Sensa fifth part Ankunfft Und herkommen der weitberümbten herrlichen Statt Venedig Sambt derselben gewaltig print text sheet Procession Doge Ascension Day St Mark's Square Venice procession leads Bucintoro Doge's galley year Doge ceremonially married Adriatic Sea throwing ring water galley printmaker Jost Amman Nuremberg publisher Johann Valentin Schäller Frankfurt am Main 1697 Bavaria Hesse paper woodcut height 147 mm x width 382 mm off-white paper dense black ornamental calligraphy filling space featuring tall vertical strokes thick blackletter forms elaborate swirling flourishes loop curl letters visible textured ink edges occasional small gaps black worn larger ornate flourish top center interweaves surrounding strokes