Effigies

Effigies by Giuseppe Maria Testana

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

195; 146

About this artwork

Prent uit een reeks van onbekende omvang met portretten van kardinalen. De prenten werden vanaf 1657 vervaardigd in opdracht van uitgever Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi, waarna de productie werd voortgezet onder leiding van zijn opvolgers Domenico de’ Rossi en Lorenzo Filippo de’ Rossi, en ten slotte onder leiding van de Calcographia R.C.A.

Art Historical Context

**Effigies** is a striking engraving by Giuseppe Maria Test, created between 1658 and1679. Measuring just 195 mm high by 146 mm wide, intimate portrait belongs to a series of cardinal effigies produced in Rome during the Baroque era. Testana, a skilled Italian engraver, captured the dignified likenesses of these high-ranking Catholic clergy, reflecting the Church's enduring influence amid the Counter-Reformation. Commissioned from 1657 by the renowned publisher Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi, series continued under his successors—Domenico de’ Rossi and Lorenzo Filippo de’ Rossi—before passing to ...

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