'Cogli occhi fissi in chi ver lui si china.....' (after Francesco Zuccarelli)
Joseph Wagner (1706 - Venice 1780)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
580 x 500 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286618.2
Summary
Etching, 'Cogli occhi fissi in chi ver lui si china.....' (after Francesco Zuccarelli) by Joseph Wagner (1706 - Venice 1780). With the four line verse: 'Cogli occhi fissi in chi ver lui si china/Chiede ristoro all'amoroso ardore/L'acqua che attinge e fresca e cristallina/Ma ci vuol altro ad amorzar l'amore'. On a bank above a pond a shepherd boy gazes into the eyes of a girl holding a water jar. Behind them is a classical stone vase and below them are some sheep. Numbered 7-1/No.2.
Marks and inscriptions
Numbered 7-1/No.2
Makers and roles
Joseph Wagner (1706 - Venice 1780), engraver (printmaker) after Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788), artist