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L.: Frits Lugt, Les marques de collection de dessins and d'estampes [...], 2 vols (Amesterdam, Vereenigde Drukkerijen, 1921-1956)

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After Francesco Villamena (c. 1564 - 1624), printmaker

Object name:print

Giovanni Leonardo Geruso, a mendicant friar

Series title: Six Cries of Rome

engraving, 1600

Published in Roma (Rome)

327 x 210 mm Sheet

Reference:

Inscriptions:
IOANNES LEONARDVS GERSVS A S SEVERINA […] IN ORATORIO MORTIS ANTE ARAMA MAXIMAM (along lower margin) CumPrivilegio Summi Pontificis / Franciscus Villamena honoris etobleruantie. ergo D.D / Superiorum Permissu Romae Anno Iubilei (alongbottom margin)

Provenance:
Francis Douce (L. 689) (on verso)
Bodleian Library

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.; WA1863.5654

Comment:
Possibly a copy in reverse.