Christ Child, St. Joseph and a Bird: Prints in Imitation of Drawings

Etcher Arthur Pond British

After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Italian

1734–36

Not on view

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Title: Christ Child, St. Joseph and a Bird: Prints in Imitation of Drawings
Etcher: Arthur Pond (British, London 1701–1758 London)
Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Date: 1734–36
Medium: Etching, printed in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 9 13/16 in. (21 × 25 cm)
Mount: 20 3/8 × 14 1/4 in. (51.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.600.705
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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