Wilton album, folio 61: Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child acroos the river
The only print on folio 61 of the Wilton Album
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
A large etching executed and published by Borgianni, and dedicated to Borgianni's friend Juan de Lezcano, secretary to the Spanish ambassador in Rome. As the inscription on the plate states, the etching is based on a painting of the same subject Borgianni had executed for Lezcano, probably around 1615. For more on the relation between Borgianni and Lezcano see Antonio Vannugli, "Orazio Borgianni, Juan de Lezcano, and a 'Martyrdom of St Lawrence' at Roncesvalles", The Burlington Magazine, 140, 1998, pp. 5-15
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
A large etching executed and published by Borgianni, and dedicated to Borgianni's friend Juan de Lezcano, secretary to the Spanish ambassador in Rome. As the inscription on the plate states, the etching is based on a painting of the same subject Borgianni had executed for Lezcano, probably around 1615. For more on the relation between Borgianni and Lezcano see Antonio Vannugli, "Orazio Borgianni, Juan de Lezcano, and a 'Martyrdom of St Lawrence' at Roncesvalles", The Burlington Magazine, 140, 1998, pp. 5-15
Artwork Details
- Title: Wilton album, folio 61: Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child acroos the river
- Artist: Orazio Borgianni (Italian, Rome 1578–1616 Rome)
- Date: 1614–16
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: 14 15/16 × 11 5/16 in. (37.9 × 28.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.78.1(204)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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