502 - F. PILOTY (*1786) after BARTOLOMEO (*1472), The Descent from the Cross, circa 1811, lithograph

F. PILOTY (*1786) after BARTOLOMEO (*1472), The Descent from the Cross, circa 1811, lithograph Ferdinand Piloty Sr. (1786, Homburg – 1844, Munich) after Fra Bartolomeo (1472, Florence – 1517, ibid.): "Deposition from the Cross," Winkler No. 965, 244, incunabulum of lithography, 1811–1816, c. 1811, lithograph Technique: Lithography on a tinted stone on paper Date: c. 1811 Description: "Two men hold the body, with figures in the background and two people kneeling; behind them, another servant stands on a ladder. The woman in the foreground kneels and kisses the feet. Signed inside below: “fra Bartholomeo // f: Piloty del:”; drawing Gr.Sammlung München 2164, reproduced in reverse” (From: Winkler: Die Frühzeit der Deutschen Lithographie, p. 355). Keywords: 19th century, Figurative, Religious, Germany, Size: Paper: 27.8 cm x 25.5 cm (10.9 x 10 in), Image: 21.9 cm x 19.6 cm (8.6 x 7.7 in) Condition: Good condition. The image is in very good condition. The sheet is browned due to its age and foxed on all sides; it has been trimmed along the outer border. On the reverse, in the upper corners, there are traces of an earlier mounting.