Raphael Morghen and Domenico del Frate
Le Nozze di Germanico, e di Agrippina
1806
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Mount: 278 × 188 mm. (10 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Sheet (cut to plate): 251 × 167 mm. (9 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Image: 168 × 112 mm. (6 5/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2009
One of two plates (Palmerini 120, 121) made to illustrate a Bodoni wedding publication of 1807.
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. 121.
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. 109.
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. 41.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 72.
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. 109.
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. 41.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 72.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: Inscribed in plate "Domi.no Del Frate inv. et delin./ Raph. Morghen Sculp./ Le Nozze di Germanico, e di Agrippina./ Nuptiae plenae dignitatis, plenae concordiae."; in graphite "LB 109/ 7449 [enclosed in a diamond]". VERSO: Obscured by mount
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
