Artist: Giovanni Wenzel, printmaker who worked in Rome as a reproductive engraver using aquatint (1844-1850 (fl).
Artist: Philippe Bigioli, (Italian painter, 1798-1878).
Based on the available information, the roles of Giovanni Wenzel and Filippo Bigioli in the creation of "Composition artistiques pour tous les jours de l'année" (Artistic Composition for Every Day of the Year) are not detailed.
Engravers and Printmakers: Gregorio Cleter (Italian printmaker, 1813-1873). Adolfo Luigi Salmon (active in Rome in the first half of the 19th century).
Title: Saint Odo Founder of the Cluniacs. Saint Gregory the Wonderworker. San Frediano. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Saint Felix of Valois. The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Fil. Biglioli inv. e dis. Greg. Cleter. inc. Adolfo Luigi Salmon inc. 16. Novembre. S. Oddo Fondatore dei Cluniacensi. 17. Novembre. S. Gregorio Taumaturgo Vescovo. 18. Novembre. S. Frigidiano Vescovo di Lucca. 19. Novembre. S. Elisabetta Regina de Ungheria. 20. Novembre. S. Felice di Valois. 21. Novembre. La Presentazione de Maria Vergine al Tempio.
Dimensions: Image 7" x 5 1/4". Sheet 10 1/2" x 8".
Publisher: Romualdo Gentilucci.
Edition: Compositions artistiques inventées par le peintre Philippe Bigioli et reproduites à l'aquarelle par le graveur Jean Wenzel.
Date: 1843.
Materials and Techniques: aquatint on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: "Composition artistiques pour tous les jours de l'année" (Artistic compositions for every day of the year). November.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XIX C.
Note: These engravings are not just works of art, but also serve as visual representations of the liturgical calendar, with saints assigned to specific dates.
16 November. Saint Odo is considered the patron saint of junk dealers.
17 November. Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus is the patron saint of against earthquakes, desperate causes, floods, forgotten causes, impossible causes, and lost causes.
18 November. Fridianus, also known as San Frediano, is the patron saint of Lucca, Italy, and is also venerated in Florence.
19 November. St. Elizabeth of Hungary is the patron saint of bakers, beggars, brides, charities, the death of children, homeless people, hospitals, nursing services, and widows. She is also a patron saint of the Secular Franciscan Order.
20 November. S. Felice di Valois. Along with Saint John of Matha, he co-founded the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives (the Trinitarians).
21 November. The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. In the Orthodox Church the feast always falls during the Nativity Fast, and on the day of the feast the fasting rules are lessened somewhat so that fish, wine, and oil may be eaten.