Saint Francis Consoled by a Musical Angel Engraver: Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557–1602)
After: Francesco Vanni (Italian, 1564–1610)

1595

Prints and Drawings

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Long thought to be an independent copy of Vanni’s etching Saint Francis Consoled by a Musical Angel, this engraving was in fact commissioned by Vanni, who asked Agostino Carracci, a Bolognese engraver with whom he was acquainted, to produce a variation on his original design. Carracci’s composition is in reverse of Vanni’s because Carracci, unlike Vanni, maintained the orientation of the drawn model. Other differences between Carracci’s and Vanni’s prints—the presence of a clothed, adolescent angel instead of a nude putto, for example—remain to be explained.

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to platemark): 12 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (31.5 × 24 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

2010.45.1

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

16th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • John J. Marciari et al., Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2013), 33, 36, 44, 105, 108–110, no. 27
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012), 65
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

engravings

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