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Trinitatis delicia Virgo Maria

Marco Alvise Pitteri after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

1701 to 1725

Trinitatis delicia Virgo Maria by Marco Alvise Pitteri after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Medium

engraving

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Hyatt Mayor

Accession Number

1981.73.4

Art Historical Context

Behold the exquisite engraving *Trinitatis delicia Maria* (Virgin Mary, Delight of the Trinity), created Marco Alvise Pi after a design by the renowned Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Piazzetta between 1701 and 1725. This devotional print captures the tender reverence for the Virgin Mary central to Catholic iconography during the Baroque era, reflecting Venice's rich tradition of religious art amid the Counter-Reformation's spiritual fervor. Pitteri, a masterful engraver, faithfully reproduces Piazzetta's fluid, emotive style—hallmarks of the Venetian Rococo transition with its soft modelin...

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