Cart Drawn by elephants carrying the Madonna della Ghiara, from Maria Vergine Coronata; Descrizione e dichiarazione della Divota Solennita fatta in Reggio li 13 Maggio 1674
This print is bound in a book with a vellum binding, which contains an etched frontispiece, etched portrait of Duke Francesco II d'Este, and fourteen mostly folding etched plates. The prints are etched by Mitelli after Michele Augusta, Giacomo Carboni, Cristofaro Cattelli, Carlo Virginio Draghi, Prospero Manzini, Orazio Talami, and Fancesco Torri. This is the only edition of the volume, which commemorates the festivities at Reggio for the coronation of the "Madonna della Ghiara."
Artwork Details
- Title: Cart Drawn by elephants carrying the Madonna della Ghiara, from Maria Vergine Coronata; Descrizione e dichiarazione della Divota Solennita fatta in Reggio li 13 Maggio 1674
- Series/Portfolio: Maria Vergine Coronata; Descrizione e dichiarazione della Divota Solennita fatta in Reggio li 13 Maggio 1674
- Artist: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (Italian, Bologna (?) 1634–1718 Bologna)
- Artist: After Carlo Virginio Draghi (Italian, active 17th century)
- Author: Giacomo Certani (Italian)
- Printer: Prospero Vedrotti , Reggio
- Published in: Reggio
- Date: 1675
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 27 1/16 in. (34.5 × 68.8 cm)
Plate: 12 11/16 × 25 9/16 in. (32.3 × 65 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
- Object Number: 43.65.8(13)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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