Raphael Morghen, Stefano Tofanelli
Francesco Petrarca
1804
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Raphael Morghen, Stefano Tofanelli
Francesco Petrarca
1804
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 506 × 373 mm. (19 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.)
Plate: 329 × 233 mm. (12 15/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Image (and second plate?): 224 × 163 mm. (8 13/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12859
Engraved at Florence for "Le Rime di Petrarca" (Pisa: Tipografia della Societa Letteraria, 1805), 2 vols. fol. Companion portrait to Ariosto, Boccaccio, Dante, and Tasso.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; T. Harrison Garrett (L. 2435b), by purchase; James L. Claghorn (L. 555c) by purchase.
Palmerini, Niccolo. "Opere d'intaglio del cav. Raffaello Morghen" (Florence: Presso Niccolo Pagni, 1824): cat. 200.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 169ii.
Apell, Aloys. "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexicon der vorzuglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blatter" (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): cat. 132i.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 141i.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 169ii.
Apell, Aloys. "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexicon der vorzuglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blatter" (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): cat. 132i.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 141i.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right corner, in graphite: "Petrarca artist proof by Raphael Morghen"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett.