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The Infant Christ in the Cradle, Surrounded by Saints

The Infant Christ in the Cradle, Surrounded by Saints, 16th century

  • Andrea Meldolla, Italian, ca. 1500-1563

Etching in ink, probably on wove paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 13 1/8 × 8 1/4 inches (33.3 × 21 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S776

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Inscribed, in pencil, vero, artist and reference.

October 1887, G. Claus (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]

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

Andrea Meldolla, The Infant Christ in the Cradle, Surrounded by Saints, 16th century, etching in ink, probably on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S776.

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