Légende
The Priest and the Idol Worshipper, The Twenty-Four Hours of Human Happiness, Le Ventiquattr'Hore dell'humana felicità, print, Series number, 23, 24, The Priest and the Idol Worshipper (Sacerdote di gli'idoli). A priest kneels before an idol. With two four-line verses in Italian. Numbered top right: 23. Part of the series 'The twenty-four hours of human happiness'., printmaker: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, after design by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1675, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, printmaker, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 275 mm x width 200 mm, height 394 mm x width 280 mm, the 24 hours of day and night, scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas', personifications, the life of man, Idolatry, 'Idololatria', 'Religione finta' (Ripa), A detailed monochrome line drawing shows a kneeling bearded man wearing a flowing ornate robe and a tall hat with a feather, his hands held together in front of his face; he is positioned beside a large architectural pedestal topped with a small standing figure in simple clothing and a staff, and the scene includes carved decorative garlands on the pedestal and a fluted column rising behind the kneeling man.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B33_394
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
41.8Mo (12.2Mo) / 27.5cm x 38.1cm / 3249 x 4495 (300dpi)