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St. Francis of Assisi

Basse, Willem (1613/14-1672)

Etching

Francesco Vanni (1563- after 1610)  St. Francis of Assisi

Willem Basse
St. Francis of Assisi

Description

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 149 x 116 mm.      6 x 4 5/8 in.  
Reference: Bartsch XVII p. 198 (“falsely attributed to Vanni”); The Illustrated Bartsch 5 (“falsely attributed to Vanni”); Hollstein 11 (as Basse), first state (“according to Bartsch before the address of F. van Wyngaerde, B. XVII, page 198”)
Signature: Signed “F. Vanius f.” in lower right corner
Provenance: Colnaghi, London; 1977 to Private collection, New York