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Three hands, from a series of twenty-two engravings after Guercino's drawing book, Book on the Principles of Drawing, plate 7

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
1619
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  • Title: Three hands, from a series of twenty-two engravings after Guercino's drawing book, Book on the Principles of Drawing, plate 7
  • Series/Portfolio: Series of twenty engravings after Guercino's Libro dei disegni
  • Artist: Oliviero Gatti (Italian, active Bologna 1610–30)
  • Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Date: 1619
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Mount: 9 11/16 × 20 3/8 in. (24.6 × 51.7 cm)
    Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (14.8 × 21 cm)
    Plate: 5 5/8 × 8 1/16 in. (14.3 × 20.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.600.750
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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