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Raffaello Schiaminossi, artist
Italian, 1529 - 1622
The Assumption of the Virgin, plate 14, fifteenth of sixteen plates from the set Quindecim Mysteria Rosarii BeatÊ MariÊ Virginis (Mysteries of the Rosary), 1609
Etching with engraving
11.4 x 16 cm (image); 12 x 16.3 cm (sheet)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1993.63.210.15

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Artist Biography: Painter, etcher and engraver born in Borgo San Sepolcro ca. 1529. (1570 according to Reed and Wallace). Worked from his own and others' designs making over 150 etched plates between 1595-1620. died ca. 1622. See: Sopher, Marcus. Sixteenth-Century Italian Prints. Claremont: 1978. See also: Reed, Sue Welsh, and R. Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque. Boston: 1989, Museum of Fine Arts.~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre-graveur. W¸rzburg: 1920. vol 17.~Buffa, Sebastiano. Italian Artists of the Sixteenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch vol. 38. New York: 1983: Abaris Books.~

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Rosary Mysteries Virginis Mariæ Beatæ Rosarii Mysteria Quindecim set from plates sixteen fifteenth 14 plate of Assumption The Marcus Mrs Mr Sopher S M 1973 March 15 Inc Lewis E R Provenance Europe Italy Print Legend Myth Religious engraving Etching onlookers number large cloud rising be appears she Mary Virgin heaven into up taking Raffaello Schiaminossi Italian 6250304129170068 A058219 1993.63.210.15 AFGA