Luigi Sabatelli
From the series “The Apocalypse”
1808
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 735 x 516 mm. (28 15/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Plate: 649 x 455 mm. (25 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "The Apocalypse"
Credit Line
Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number
2014.85
One of six plates (Chapter XIV) from the series "The Apocalypse (L'Apocalisse)" that Luigi Sabatelli created in 1809-1810
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2014; James Bergquist, Newton, MA
Inscribed: lower right in plate: "Luigi Sabatelli inven. ed inc. Milano."; across bottom in plate: "Et vidi, et ecce nubem candidam: et supra nubem sedentem similem filio hominis, habentem in capite suo coronam auream, et in manu sua falcem acutam. Et alius angelus / exivil...clamans voce magna ad sedentem super nubem: mitte falcem tuam, et mete quia venit hora ut metatur, quoniam aruit messis terre. Apoc. Cap. XIV."
Markings: none
