About this work

the martyr saint sebastian and his companions

Publication/Creation

DimensionsHeight: Height: 245 millimetresWidth: Width: 328 millimetres (sheet size) (sheet size)

Physical description

Contributors

Lettering

After: a painting in the church of San Sebastiano, Venice, painted ca 1565

Type/Technique

Martyrdom of a slave who visited the Sepulchre of St Mark; a throng surround a slave lying on the ground being struck by a stave; nearby is a broken hammer and axe; a turbaned figure, seen from behind, holds up another broken hammer and an aghast figure on a raised platform at right holds out his arms; after Tintoretto

Producer namePrint made by: Andrea Johann FleischmannAfter: Jacopo TintorettoPublished by: Virtue & Co

School/styleGerman

Production date1830-1878 (c) (c)

Materialspaper

Techniqueengraving

DimensionsHeight: Height: 245 millimetresWidth: Width: 328 millimetres (sheet size) (sheet size)

Inscriptions

• Inscription type: inscription
• Inscription content: Lettered with title and production details: 'Titntoretto pinx't; A Fleischmann sculp't; London, Virtue & co'.

saint peter of verona martyr engraving large

titian pinxt 

c.geyer sculpt

Titian (Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio known in English as Titian) (Italian, c. 1485-1576). Saint Peter Martyr. Antique engraving on wove paper after the original by master engraver Conrad Geyer (German, 1816-1893).

printed by london virtue & co

Year: 1870.    size, approximately 

32 x 24 cm