[Antique print, engraving/gravure, ca. 1600] The Pentecost, published 1574 or 1602, 1 p.

Cornelis Cort (1533-1578), after Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), published by Giovanni Orlandi (fl.1590-1640).

Antique print, engraving | The Pentecost / Pinksteren, published 1574 or 1602, 1 p.

Name: Antique print, engraving | The Pentecost / Pinksteren, published 1574 or 1602, 1 p.
SKU: PR121082
Price: 450.00 EUR
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Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4); above the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove appears through a gap in clouds surrounded by angels and putti; beneath in a room the Virgin and the apostles look up in awe. After a painting by Vasari made in 1568 for Santa Croce in Florence. The preparatory drawing is in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna (inv. 1651).

Signed and dated on the bottom right: Corneli Cort sc. 1574.

The plate was republished in 1602 by Giovanni Orlandi (fl.1590-1640).

On verso collectors’ marks: Kupferstich Kabinett Berlin (L. 1606, L. 5998), Graf von Leppel (L. 1672).

Cut within the plate mark; bottom margin with the address of Lafrery and Orlandi not present.

[NL] Pinksteren (Handelingen 2:1-4); boven verschijnt de Heilige Geest in de vorm van een duif door een spleet in de wolken, omringd door engelen en putti; beneden in een kamer kijken de Maagd en de apostelen vol ontzag omhoog. Naar een schilderij van Vasari gemaakt in 1568 voor Santa Croce in Florence.

€ 544,50 (€ 450,00 ex. btw)

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SKU: PR121082 Categories: Bible, Iconography, Italy, Old Master Prints, Onderwerpen, Rare, Religion, Theology Tag: prints-1222

Print technique: Engraving
Period Made: 1500-1600
Product type: Prints

Engraving on paper, cut within plate mark, mounted on another sheet of paper with hand-drawn double frame; total (print): 437 x 287 mm; state II or III/3; some rubbing, some scratches in the middle part, otherwise in good condition. New Hollstein 77.