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Title:

Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti et Jacobi de Ponte opera : selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson, Anglo : ligno cœlata et coloribus adumbrata.

Printmaker:

Jackson, John Baptist, 1701-1780? (English, 18th century)

Publication / Origin:

Venetiis : Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, 1745.

Abstract:

Titiani Vecelii, a monument in eighteenth-century printing, includes one title sheet and twenty-four chiaroscuro woodcuts created by the British artist John Baptist Jackson. The prints are reproductions of seventeen great Venetian paintings by Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Leandro da Ponte Bassano, Jacopo Bassano, and Francesco da Ponte Bassano depicting scenes from the Bible. For this work, Jackson revived the complex Renaissance printing technique of dividing the design between several blocks, each printed in a different color, to give the image depth and dimension. He conceived of the project in 1739 with another British expatriate, Joseph Smith, who published the book under his imprint Pasquali Press. .

Language of material:

Latin

Subjects:

Jesus Christ — Art.

Christian saints in art.

Christian art and symbolism.

Medium / Genre:

Chiaroscuro woodcuts.

Physical Details:

Princeton copy disbound, with each leaf individually matted and/or housed in mylar sleeve.

Publications that Reference this Resource:

Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson : 18th-century master of the color woodcut, 1962.

Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, 1854-1888.

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