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St Christopher holding Christ

Gianantonio FALDONI (engraver), Anton Maria ZANETTI (draughtsman), PARMIGIANINO (after)
St Christopher holding Christ
 1726
plate 10 from the Varii Disegni (Various Drawings) folio, published Venice, 1786

Medium
engraving

Measurements
20.5 × 14.5 cm (image) 22.8 × 15.0 cm (plate) 51.5 × 36.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Peter Roberts, 1985

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: Extractum à Francisci parmensis Strucura Schedam hanc Clarissimo / Viro Domino Andreæ Foun tain Equiti Aurato in obseruantiæ / Monumentum Antonius Maria Zanetti delineator humiliter deuouet.
printed in ink below image l.l.: I. Ant. Faldoni Sculp. 1726.

Accession Number
P125.11-1985

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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