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A meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated catalog of the works of the Italian engraver Raphael Morghen. Halsey provides detailed descriptions of each engraving, and explores the historical and artistic significance of Morghen's work. This book is an invaluable resource for collectors, art historians, and anyone interested in the history of printmaking. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... I. Adoration of the Magi, The. N. Pouss1n pinx Dimensions, 18J x 13. This.and the portrait of Joan of Aragon, No. 12, are the only plates in the Musee Royal or Musee Francais on which Raphael Morghen worked. "The original, No. 29 in the Dulwich Gallery, is a repetition, or more probably an ancient copy, of No. 423 in the Louvre, which latter is larger (5 ft. 4 in. high by 5 ft. 8, in. wide). The original was painted by Poussin in 1653 for M. de Mauroy. Mrs. Jameson states that the picture in the Dulwich Gallery is probably the one sold in Sir Joshua Reynolds's collection in 1795."--Lou1s Fagan. Raphael Morghen's name does not occur on this plate, and he probably had little to do with its engraving. In the left foreground St. Joseph behind the Virgin, who holds the nude figure of the Child on her lap. Kneeling before these are the three Magi, behind whom, in the right foreground, are five of their attendants. A standing figure beyond the Magi holds a finger of the right hand to his lips. In the middle ground a temple, in the course of construction, with two pillars, The background a landscape, with a group of attendants, camels, and horses on the right. For a pleasing and exhaustive treatment of the subject of the original, see Mrs. Jameson, " Legends of the Madonna," London, 1852, pp. 227 et seq. I. Before all letters. Signed in pencil: Pussino dipinse--Antonio Morghen incise in Firenze. Brassey coll., Maskell. ii. With the artists' names. In shaded script: Feint par N. Poussin.--Dessine" par Duchemin--Grave" a Florence par Ant. Morghen. F.R.H. 2. jesculaftius and Hygeia. Dimensions, 15J x 15J. Engraved at Florence, 1805, after the original ivory diptych then in the possession of the Padre Felice Caronni Barnabita. It is now in the...
This illuminating study examines the cultural meaning of artistic reproduction in a refreshingly new context through its consideration of how three artists managed the reproduction of their work.