Zeven sacramenten

About this artwork

height 575 mm x width 448 mm

Art Historical Context

Giovanni Marco Pitteri’s *Zeven Sacramenten* is an imposing eighteenth-century etching that captures the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church in a single, carefully composed print. Created during Pitteri’s active years (1712–1786), the work exemplifies the period’s flourishing print culture, when etchings served both devotional and educational purposes across Europe. Measuring 575 by 448 millimetres, the large sheet would have been suitable for display in homes, sacristies, or small chapels, allowing viewers to reflect on baptism,, Eucharist, penance, extreme unction, holy orders, and matri...