The Last Supper, after Leonardo

Artists

Description

From set of 114 plaster casts of carved gems, in wooden box with three trays. Printed label inside lid of box: GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI / Incisore di Camei / Collezione d'Impronte / cavate da Gemme antiche e moderne / esistenti nei Gabinetti d"Europa / In detta Collezione si trova / il Museo Vaticano, Campidoglio, Firenze, Napoli, Parigi, Sommariva / e le Opere piú celebri delle Gallerie. / ROMA Via del Babuino No. 105. A booklet listing the original work for each cast accompanies the set The first page begins: COLLEZIONE / d'Impronti / in Scajola, e Smalto / che si vende in / Roma / nelle Studio di / Giovanni Liberotti / Via del Babbuino / No. 105

Dimensions

4.5 x 6.4 x 1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Dr. George E. Ellis, Boston, MA, To the Massachusetts Historical Society. Ellis was the president of the Mass. Historical Society from 1885-1894. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, From Dr. George E. Ellis, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1910.