Frescoes by celebrated Italian artists from the XIV and XV centuries (Affreschi celebri del XIV e XV secolo)

A collection of twenty-seven bound plates after frescos by celebrated Italian artists from the XIV and XV centuries (Affreschi celebri del XIV e XV secolo). All were engraved by Carlo Lasinio, the intermediary draftsman was Giovanni Paolo Lasinio and the series published in Florence by Niccolo Pagni (plate 6 published by Niccolo Capurro). A number, but not all, of the plates are dated. Each plate has the title of the fresco, who painted it, its location, and production details relating to the engraving. The series comprises the following prints:


Plate 1: The Martyrdom of Saint Peter after fresco by Masaccio in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Plate 2: Raising of the Son of Theophilus and St Peter Enthroned after fresco by Masaccio in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Plate 3: Saints Peter and Andrew being called by Christ, and the Tribute Money, after fresco by Masaccio and Masolino in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Plate 4: At left St Peter healing the cripple; on the right St Peter healing his daughter Petronilla, after fresco by Masaccio and Masolino in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Plate 5: Four scenes relating to two subjects, from left St Paul visiting St Peter in prison, the liberation of St Peter, Adam and Eve and the Expulsion from Paradise, after fresco by Masaccio, Masolino and Filippino Lippi in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Plate 6: two scenes, at left St Peter healing the crippled man, at right the distribution of alms to the poor and the death of Ananias who lies prone in the foreground, after fresco by fresco by Masaccio and Masolino in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence (this plate published by Niccolo Capurro)

Plate 7: two scenes showing at left St Peter preaching and at the right St Peter baptizing the neophytes, after fresco by Masolino and Masaccio in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Plate 8: the miracle of the sacrament, after fresco by Cosimo Rosselli in the Church of Sant Ambrogio, Florence

Plate 9: the miracle of the child who was killed falling from a building and was resurrected by St Francis, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, church of Santa Trinità, Florence

Plate 10: the confirmation of the rule of the Franciscan order by Pope Honorius III, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, church of Santa Trinità, Florence

Plate 11: two scenes, at left the young St Francis renouncing worldly goods protected by the bishop of Perugia, his father is shown with people restraining him; at right the test of fire before the Ottoman sultan Al-Kamil, who asked him to walk over a fire to demonstrate his sanctity, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, church of Santa　Trinità, Florence

Plate 12: the death of St Francis who is laid on a bed surrounded by mourners, flanked by two donors, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, church of Santa Trinità, Florence

Plate 13: the last supper, after fresco by Taddeo Gaddi in the Church of Santa Croce, Florence

Plate 14: The High Priest chasing St Joachim from the Temple; and St Joachim addressed by an angel, after fresco by Taddeo Gaddi fresco in the church of Santa Croce, Florence

Plate 15: the meeting of St Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate; and the birth of the Virgin, after fresco by Taddeo Gaddi fresco in the church of Santa Croce, Florence

Plate 16: four scenes from the birth of Christ, after fresco by Taddeo Gaddi in the church of Santa Croce, Florence

Plate 17: Mary climbing the steps of the Temple, and the marriage of the Virgin, after fresco by Taddeo Gaddi in the church of Santa Croce, Florence

Plate 18: Joachim being turned away by the high priest in the temple for being childless, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of Santa Trinità, Florence

Plate 19: the Visitation of St Elizabeth to the Virgin, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Plate 20: the birth of the Virgin who is held by a wet nurse in the centre, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Plate 21: the birth of St John the Baptist, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Plate 22: the angel appearing to Zacharias, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Plate 23: Zacharias writes the name of his son who is held in swaddling clothes beside him, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. 1820

Plate 24: the Virgin climbing the steps of the Temple towards the High Priest, after fresco by Ghirlandaio the church of S.Maria Novella, Florence. 1820

Plate 25: the marriage of the Virgin, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of S Maria Novella, Florence

Plate 26: the fall of the rebel angels, after fresco by Spinello Aretino in Arezzo. 1821

Plate 27: St Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata, after fresco by Ghirlandaio in the church of S. Trinità in Florence. 1824