Lower right, in block (right sheet):
“Per Illustri, ac Nobili Viro D:no D:no / Erasmo Philipps Barronetto/ Artium zelantissimo Fautori, et de re litteraria / optime merito, Tabulam hanc tenue debitæ venerationis / suæ argumentum, emeritissimo Patrono, et Mecænati / commendat, et dicat / J: B: Jackſon.”
The Virgin in the Clouds and Six Saints, after Titian [Le Bl. 14, N. 17]
Dimensions:
23¼ × 14¾ inches.
Blocks, 2:
Buff, black.
Inscription, upper left and right:
“Illmo atq; Excell:mo D:no D:no Philippo Farsetti Nob. Ven. / Tabellam hanc a Titiano Viccellio jam depictam in / gratissimi animi, cultusq; perpetui testimonium, / Mecænati, ac Sospiti munificentissimo / humiliat, et consecrat J. B. Jackſon.”
Center of picture, on wall:
“Titianus Faciebat”
Bottom center:
“J. B. Jackson Del: sculp:&c. 1742.”
Niccolò Boldrini’s woodcut after Titian’s drawing of the lower half of this subject (Le Bl. 12) evidently inspired Jackson to transcribe the entire painting as a pen-and-ink drawing in Titian’s style, with a tint block added.