John Baptist Jackson Part 15

Attributed to Jackson.

V&A

36.

_Lovers_ (woman full face), perhaps after Piazzetta

Dimensions:

15 10 inches.

Blocks, 5:

Light brownish gray, darker brownish gray, medium brown, cold gray, dark brown.

Companion piece to previous print. Attributed to Jackson.

V&A

37.

_Lamentation Over the Body of Christ_

Dimensions:

20 13 inches.

Blocks, 5 or 6:

Blue, brown, red, flesh, gray.

Inscription, bottom:

"_Et tuam ip?ius animam pertran?ibit gladius,_"

This is probably an experiment in color printing made by Jackson, after his own design, before attempting the Ricci set.

BM

38.

_Heroic Landscape With Dedication and Cla.s.sical Ruins_, after Marco Ricci [Le Bl. 21-25, N.20-25a]

Dimensions:

16? 23? inches.

Blocks, 7 to 10:

Tones of blue, buff, gray-violet, green and dark gray.

Inscription in tablet at lower left:

"_Ill{mo}, atq; Excell{mo} D{no} D{no}_ / +Roberto D'Arcy+, / Comiti de Holderne??e _&c. &c. &c. / Apud Sereni?s Remp: Venetam pro Mag: / Britan Rege Legato Extraordinario. / Hoc novi??ime excogitatum Opus in humillimi / obsequii te?timonium dedicabat_ / J. B. Jack?on.".

1744.

A copy in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has D'Arcy's coat-of-arms on the entablature of the arch to the right with red and blue notes. The British Museum has a copy with brownish-red touched in with water colors in the clothing of the men under the arch.

Reichel reproduced this in full size and color (plate 98).

MFA, MMA, BM, Venice

39.

_Heroic Landscape With Sheep, Statues, and Gentlemen_, after Marco Ricci [Le Bl. 21-25, N. 20-25b]

Dimensions:

16 23? inches.

Blocks, 7 to 10:

Colors vary in different impressions.

1744.

Smithsonian Inst.i.tution (U.S. National Museum)

MFA, BM, Venice

40.

_Heroic Landscape with Fisherman, Cows, and Hors.e.m.e.n_, after Marco Ricci [Le Bl. 21-25, N. 20-25c]

Dimensions:

16 23 inches.

Blocks, 7 to 10:

Colors vary in different impressions.

1744.