Saturday, May 11, 2013

"Vision of Ezekiel," Giovanni Batista Britano Ghisi or Mantuano, 1554

Title: 'Dabo super Vos Ner Vos Et Succrescere Facia sup Vos Carne'
Maker: Giovanni Batista Britano Ghisi or Mantuano
Year: 1554, published by Gio Iacomo de Rossi in Roma alla Pace in ca.1660
Description: Rare antique print  (copper engraving) of the Vision of Ezekiel by Giovanni Batista Britano Ghisi also called Mantuano (1520-1582), printed by Gio Iacomo de Rossi in Roma alla Pace.
The text on the ribbon is ’Dabo super Vos Ner Vos Et Succrescere Facia sup Vos Carne’ (I will lay sinews and flesh upon you) The tablet (lower left) shows the inscription ‘Io: Baptista Britano Mantuan In’. The water mark of the paper shows a ‘fleur de lis’ in a circle 
Subject: Antique religious prints / Vision of Ezekiel
For sale at ISCRA antiquarians in The Netherlands; more here. Click on top image to see larger, finer version.

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