San Prospero Libera Reggio
Etching by and after Della Bella. 'St Prosper delivering Reggio nell'Emilia from a besieging army; in a cloud at upper left, St Prosper brandishing a sword surrounded by angels, descending towards a large plain below with the walled city of Reggio in the distance, with many soldiers on foot and on horseback fleeing in all directions at the saint's appearance, in foreground and behind...There is no record of such an event taking place in the life of St Prosper or in the history of Reggio' -- British Museum. Etching by and after Della Bella. 'St Prosper delivering Reggio nell'Emilia from a besieging army; in a cloud at upper left, St Prosper brandishing a sword surrounded by angels, descending towards a large plain below with the walled city of Reggio in the distance, with many soldiers on foot and on horseback fleeing in all directions at the saint's appearance, in foreground and behind...There is no record of such an event taking place in the life of St Prosper or in the history of Reggio' -- British Museum. Oblong medium folio, mounted on white paper; matted margins trimmed close; stained. N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1957.
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