The Blessed (subsequently Saint) Francis Caracciolo, standing between two cherubim, surrounded by a rococo frame. Etching by D. de San Román y Codina, 1770.
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- 1770
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- 563523i
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One of the founders of the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor ("C.R.M." in the lettering). He looks up at the Chalice, whiile an arrow marked "Zelus" pierces his burning heart. "When his body was opened after death, St. Francis' heart was found as it were burnt up, and these words imprinted around it: "Zelus domus Tuæ comedit me"—"The zeal of Thy house hath consumed me."" (Wikipedia, including quotation from Psalm 69)
Publication/Creation
[Seville], 1770.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 26.2 x 18 cm
Contributors
Lettering
B. Franciscus Caraciolo C.R.M. ; fundator inter beatos solemniter adscriptus a SSmo Dmno. n.ro Clemente PP XIV anno MDLXIX. S.n Román y Codina dl. y sculp. Sev[ill]a A d 1770
References note
Not found in: A. Rodríguez Moñino and the Marques de Lede, Diego de San Roman y Codina: estampero sevillano del siglo XVIII noticia y catalogo de sus obras (1743–1789), Madrid 1955
Reference
Wellcome Collection 563523i
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