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Lot Essay
The present drawing is related to an engraving by Marco Pitteri (fig. 1), R. Pallucchini, L'Opera completa di Piazzetta, Milan, 1982, no. 179, illustrated.
In 1742 Marco Pitteri received a contract to engrave a series after Piazzetta of fifteen half-length figures of God the Father, Christ, the Virgin and the Twelve Apostles, to which Pitteri added a few additional figures of Saints also after Piazzetta. Known Piazzetta drawings related to the series, which Knox dates to circa 1736-42, are those of Saint Thaddaeus, Saint James the Great and Saint Stephen, G. Knox, Piazzetta, exhib. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983, nos. 5-7, illustrated. An oil sketch of Saint Peter connected with the series is in the Thaw Collection, G. Knox, op. cit., no. 53, illustrated.
Simon Zelotes, one of the Apostles, went to Syria and Mesopotamia after Christ's death. The Golden Legend recounts that he was martyred by being sawn in half.
In 1742 Marco Pitteri received a contract to engrave a series after Piazzetta of fifteen half-length figures of God the Father, Christ, the Virgin and the Twelve Apostles, to which Pitteri added a few additional figures of Saints also after Piazzetta. Known Piazzetta drawings related to the series, which Knox dates to circa 1736-42, are those of Saint Thaddaeus, Saint James the Great and Saint Stephen, G. Knox, Piazzetta, exhib. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983, nos. 5-7, illustrated. An oil sketch of Saint Peter connected with the series is in the Thaw Collection, G. Knox, op. cit., no. 53, illustrated.
Simon Zelotes, one of the Apostles, went to Syria and Mesopotamia after Christ's death. The Golden Legend recounts that he was martyred by being sawn in half.