The Christ Child with St. Joseph, plate 8 from "Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi" (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Artist: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)|Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Francesco Bartolozzi
Artist bio: Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna|Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome|Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1764
Medium: Etching with red and black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 9/16 in. (55 x 39.5 cm)
Plate: 15 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (40 x 29 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941