Giuseppe Razzani (XVII) - San Onofrio

Magnificent original engraving.

RAZZIANI, Giuseppe (Spain). - Sant'Onofrio. Central portrait of the Holy Hermit surrounded by 14 small squares that tell his story; the publisher's name Razziani is engraved on a canceled name.

Engraving
Date

XVII-XVIII century
Condition report

Good condition, full edge of the plate, margin of the cut. Paper without visible chain lines.
Literature

Sant'Onofrio (* around 320 in Ethiopia, † around 400 B.C. perhaps in Syria) is a saint greatly honored and remembered today by the Copts, and venerated also by the Roman Catholic Church. He is known as one of the Fathers of the Desert and his feast is celebrated on June 12. Depicted as a saint with long beards and wrapped in his hair. He lives in the desert.

From private collection Rome
Francesco Martinelli