Francesco Novelli

Francesco Novelli is represented in this archive by an etching, a reverse copy of The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece, which places his work in the realm of reproductive printmaking. The single sheet held here shows the technique of etching, a medium well suited to the tonal contrasts and nocturnal atmosphere suggested by the subject. Beyond that, the collection offers only this one example of his printmaking, so the holdings remain modest and focused on a single Biblical scene rendered after another composition.

1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece (reverse copy)

late 18th–mid-19th century · Etching