Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
St. Peter Nolasco borne by angels.
Call Number
E East 49/GC077/Box 53/Oversize/17th-18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2012.01170
Identifier
ark:/88435/dct722hp20d
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1627.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1627
Extent
1 item ; sheet 47.9 x 34.3 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of John Douglas Gordon, Princeton University Class of 1905.
References
Gordon no. 145
Montaiglon no. 90
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: St. Peter Nolasco reading a book while being carried by two angels; robed priests observe from left and background.
Inscribed in plate, lower margin: 'S. Petrus Nolascus // qui fuit fundator et Prim. Mag. Gener. Regalis ac militaris Ordin. Redemptotum. B. Mariae de Mercede, natione Gall. Ex nobili // . . . S. Petri Nolasci officio Religione et zelo legitimo // Succesori. Mag. Fr. Ludovicus, Apparitius suas in Italia Vicarius et in Romana Curia Procurator Generalis grato amino D. et C. // cum pin. Sup. Anno 1627.'
Signed in plate, lower left, on paper lying on floor in scene: "Cl. Mellan // Gall' inven. // et f. Romae".

Discovery Information

Subject
Saints in art
Christian art and symbolism
Religious art
Angels in art
Peter Nolasco, Saint, ca. 1182-ca. 1250—Art
Priests in art
Books in art
Readers in art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/529bbaa6-a2cf-40d4-b6e6-24deddd852c0/manifest