Divine Wrath

Divine Wrath is a splendid drypoint and etching realized by Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni . 

There are no inscriptions, but the artist’s style is recognizable in the hatching and in the metaphysical, visionary, and surreal subject matter.

On the left, in the background, in a perspectival vision, the beautiful Baroque architecture of St. Agnese in Agone, Borromini’s Church that dominates Piazza Navona in Rome. In the foreground, an animated battle among warriors and dragons, culminating in one warrior (St. George?) piercing the dragon with a sword.

The state of preservation is excellent, except for some small ink errors on the edge of the plate.

Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni (1934-2000) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was an exponent of the Neo-figurative movement that followed stylistically the Italian painting tradition, in particular Mannerism and Baroque.

This artwork shows the beautiful Baroque Rome with an animated scene, masterfully engraved by the artist.