Description:
7 sheets, etched and engraved; titles in Latin and Spanish to bottom margins, numbered in Roman numerals to left of bottom margins; some stains throughout, plate number IV marginally foxed, plate number VI with a restored rip starting from bottom white margin affecting plate; evenly slightly browned.Complete suite of seven engravings depicting the seven corporal works of Mercy: I visiting the sick; II feeding the hungry; III quenching the thirsty; IV dressing the naked; V giving asylum to the pilgrims; VI taking care of the prisoners; VII burying the dead.
It was Giorgio Marini who assigned the work to the hand of Volpato who executed it for Remondini in 1768. In the Remondini Catalogue the series is part of the vast assortment of "Royal Folio Prints", the double title in Latin and Spanish declares that it was intended for export to Spain and the Spanish colonies, for educational purposes.
Giovanni Volpato was an Italian engraver (Bassano del Grappa 1740 - Rome 1803). Formed in the environment of… Read More
