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A Panoramic View of Loreto

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Israël Silvestre
1621-1691

A Panoramic View of Loreto

1642
Engraving on paper.
5 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches (143 x 312 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Franklin H. Kissner.
1974.56
Notes
A corresponding drawing by the artist is also in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library, Acc. No. 1974.46.
Inscriptions/Markings
1. Porta della Citta. 2. Loggia-mento dei Padri Penetentieri di tutte le Lingue. /3. Domo dentro al quale e la Santissima Casa della Madre de Dio./ 4. Mare Adriatico./All'Eccell.ma Sig.ra e Patrona Coll.ma la Sig.ra Duchessa D'Aiguillon, Pair di Francia Contessa dAgenois, e Condomois./Dove a Gesu Maria il latte porse/Dove per anni piu nodri Gioseppe/Dove quello spiro, e questi morse./Vedesi qui l'Hotel e chi nol seppe/Loreto la citta humil si noma/Cui da cedere hai tu o superba Roma./Israel Silvestro/Incidit anno 1642/excudit Parisiis/cum privil. Regis/Humilis.mo et Devot.mo ser.re de L.
Provenance

Sir Anthony Blunt; Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London.

Associated names
Blunt, Anthony, 1907-1983, former owner.
Kissner, Franklisn H., donor.
Bibliography

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, no. 31, repr.<br>Charles LeBlanc, Maneul de l'amateur d'estempes ... , Paris, 1854-1890, III, 506, no. 53.

Classification
Department
Century prints
School