Saint Bibiana Refusing to Sacrifice to Pagan Idols

Etched by Giovanni Battista Mercati Italian
After a fresco in S. Bibiana, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian
Dedicatee Dedicated by Mercati to Marcello Sacchetti Italian
1626
Not on view

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  • Title: Saint Bibiana Refusing to Sacrifice to Pagan Idols
  • Artist: Etched by Giovanni Battista Mercati (Borgo San Sepolcro, near Arezzo. ca. 1600–after 1641 Rome (?))
  • Artist: After a fresco in S. Bibiana, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
  • Dedicatee: Dedicated by Mercati to Marcello Sacchetti (Italian, Rome 1586–1629 Naples)
  • Date: 1626
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (26.4 x 21 cm) trimmed to borderline
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.602.493
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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