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Calling of the First Apostles

Calling of the First Apostles, probably 19th century

  • Antonio Banzo, Italian, ca. 1810
  • Calcografia Nazionale, Italian

Etching and engraving in ink on wove paper

  • Image: 13 1/2 × 21 7/8 inches (34.3 × 55.6 cm) Sheet: 16 1/8 × 23 3/4 inches (41 × 60.3 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S73

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Domo. Ghirlandajo dip. Inscribed, lower center: Po. Guglielmi dis. Inscribed, lower right: Anto. Banzo inc. Inscribed, center bottom margin: La Vocazione dei primi Apostoli. Inscribed, upper right: 9

April 1888, Royal Calcografia (Rome, Italy). Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Antonio Banzo, Calling of the First Apostles, probably 19th century, etching and engraving in ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S73.

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