The Virgin Appearing to Saint Simon Stock

Currently not on view

The Virgin Appearing to Saint Simon Stock

1759

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 is based on a ceiling painting by his father, Giovanni Battista, for the main room in the Scuola of the Carmelites in Venice, dating from around 1740. Scuole (schools) were confraternities, organizations of lay people, including the lower classes, which performed charitable work and sponsored festivities. The buildings that housed their offices were often decorated by the premier artists of the city. In this image, the Virgin appears to Saint Simon Stock, a Superior General of the Carmelite Order from the thirteenth century, and promises that all Carmelite monks and nuns who wear the order's habit at their deaths will be granted salvation.

Currently not on view

Object Details

Titles:

The Virgin Appearing to Saint Simon Stock

Date:

1759

Artists:

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Plate: 23 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches (60.7 x 40 cm) Sheet: 24 x 15 13/16 inches (60.9 x 40.2 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:

1985-52-582

Geography:

Made in Venice, Italy, Europe

We are always open to learning more about our collections and updating the website. Does this record contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? Contact us here.

Please note that this particular artwork might not be on view when you visit. Don’t worry—we have plenty of exhibitions for you to explore.

Currently not on view