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n: Pinxit._"
Lower right (right sheet):
"Rev{mo.} D{no.} P. / _=Leopoldo Capello= Coenobii =D: Georgii= / Ord:
S: Benedict: / +Abbati+ / meritissimo. / J: B: Jackson_ / D. D. D."
Extreme lower right (right sheet):
"_J: B: Jackson Delin: Sculp. / & excudit Venetiis 1740._"
Jackson in the _Enquiry_ (p. 48) described this print, and the two
preceding subjects, as being "in _Hugo's_ Manner with Improvements."
25.
_Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple_, after Titian
[Le Bl. 3, N. 18]
Dimensions:
22 x 15-3/8 inches (left sheet), 22 x 17-7/8 inches (center sheet),
22 x 17-1/4 inches (right sheet).
Blocks, 4:
Light grayish umber, medium brown, dark gray, dark brown.
Inscription, lower left (left sheet):
"_Opus hoc admiratione sane dignum, cunctorumq; approbatione /
commendatum, ac Sacrarii Confratrum Caritatis Venetiarum /
poti[s][s]imum ornamentum, a_ Titiano Viccellio _Cadorensi, / Viro
pingendi arte pr[ae] c[ae]teris celeberrimo, coloribus quam / fieri
potest ad naturale expressum, adumbratumq; pro viribus / exscribere
studens J: B: Jackson delineavit, excudit, et ex[s]culpsit._ 1742."
Lower right, on streamer (right sheet):
"+Ducit[.] Amor Patri[ae].+"
Lower right, in block (right sheet):
"Per Illustri, ac Nobili Viro D:{no} D:{no} / +Erasmo Philipps
Barronetto+ / _Artium zelantissimo Fautori, et de re litteraria /
optime merito, Tabulam hanc tenue debit[ae] venerationis / su[ae]
argumentum, emeritissimo Patrono, et Mec[ae]nati / commendat, et dicat
/ J: B: Jack[s]on._"
26.
_The Virgin in the Clouds and Six Saints_, after Titian
[Le Bl. 14, N. 17]
Dimensions:
23-1/4 x 14-3/4 inches.
Blocks, 2:
Buff, black.
Inscription, upper left and right:
"Ill{mo} atq; Excell:{mo} D:{no} D:{no} +Philippo Farsetti+ Nob. Ven.
/ _Tabellam hanc a _Titiano Viccellio_ jam depictam in / gratissimi
animi, cultusq; perpetui testimonium, / Mec[ae]nati, ac Sospiti
munificentissimo / humiliat, et consecrat _J. B. Jack[s]on_._"
Center of picture, on wall:
"+Titianus Faciebat+"
Bottom center:
"_J. B. Jackson Del: sculp:&c. 1742._"
Niccolo Boldrini's woodcut after Titian's drawing of the lower half of
this subject (Le Bl. 12) evidently inspired Jackson to transcribe the
entire painting as a pen-and-ink drawing in Titian's style, with a tint
block added.
27.
_The Descent of the Holy Spirit_, after Titian [L
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