Francesco I d'Este Assists His Subjects with Great Generosity During the Great Famine of 1648 and 1649, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]
![Francesco I d'Este Assists His Subjects with Great Generosity During the Great Famine of 1648 and 1649, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...] by Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/francesco-i-deste-assists-his-subjects-with-great-427142.webp)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 5/16 in. (12.3 × 16 cm) Plate: 4 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (12 × 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.570.331(29)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching, created in 1659 by Bartolomeo Fenice ( known as Fénis and Domenico Gamberti, captures a moment of profound benevolence: Duke Francesco I d'Este Modena and Reggio aiding his starving subjects during the devastating Great Famine of 1648–49. Titled *Francesco I d'Esteists His Subjects with Greatosity During the Great F of 1648 and 1649*, it forms part of the illustrated publication *L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano Francesco I d'Este a lavish tribute portraying the duke as an ideal Christian prince and hero. The scene likely teems with human figures, horses, and buildings, ev...
About the Artist
Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti (Italian|Italian) · | – |
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