The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family

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The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family

c. 1750

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian (active Venice, Würzburg, and Madrid) 1727–1804) After a painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian (active Venice, Udine, Würzburg, and Madrid) 1696–1770)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's etching reproduces a painting by his father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, which was commissioned by the head of the patrician Crotta family to celebrate their ancient lineage. The painting depicts Saint Grata, believed to be an early Crotta ancestor, presenting the head of Saint Alexander to her pagan father, who had ordered Alexander's execution. Flowers miraculously grow from the saint's severed neck.

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Object Details

Titles:

The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family

Date:

c. 1750

Artists:

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Plate: 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (26.3 x 37.5 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 x 15 1/16 inches (27 x 38.2 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-32926

Geography:

Made in Venice, Italy, Europe

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