The Immaculate Conception
Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1687
Materials
Etching/engraving on paper.
Measurements
492 x 267 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.99
Summary
(Folio 58 upper print, recto), The Immaculate Conception St John the Baptist explaining the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception to Sts Gregory, Augustine, and John Chrysostom, with the Virgin with her feet on the moon in the heavens above them; After the painting of 1686 in the Cybo Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with dedication by the engraver to Cardinal Alderano Cybo (Cibo), as follows: 'hanc immaculatae Virginis Mariae Conceptionis tabulam a Carolo Maratti pictore praestantissimo depictam, a se delineatam, et aere incisam, humillime dedicat et consecrat', followed by 'Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templum S. M. de Pace cum Privilegio S. Pont. Anno 1687'
Makers and roles
Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713), creator Sir Nicolas Dorigny (Paris 1658 - Paris 1746) , creator