Orazio Borginai
St. Christopher
1596
Physical Qualities
Etching, 382 × 288 mm. (15 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.10911
Margins
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: At bottom of engraved surface, to right of center, on stone "HB" In lower margin, just below engraved surface, inscription beginning: "Porell. D Dmes Joanni de Le---" Below, six lines of verse in Latin, two at left, two in center, and two at right, beginning: "Ex ----- Christophorus impar---" Below, "Juxta---/Perelloni Dominationi --- Obligatissimus---Horatius Borgiannus" At bottom of lower margin, "Jo: Jacobus de Rubeis formis Romae/alla Pace" In lower margin in ink, "Orezio Borgiani Sc. Born atRome 1577 died 1615/C B" On back in ink, No 44 L 6/110 also "Diesevoorf 3 Guilder"
Markings: Watermark, circle containing HIS with cross above; Claghorn stamp on back
