An angel appearing to shepherds, from the 'Officium Romanum' (Venice, Hieronymous Scotus, 1544)

Cut by Giovanni Pietro Fontana Italian

Printer Girolamo Scotto Italian

1544

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Following the label on the mount, the prints are by Agostino Decio.

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Title: An angel appearing to shepherds, from the 'Officium Romanum' (Venice, Hieronymous Scotus, 1544)
Artist: Cut by Giovanni Pietro Fontana (Italian, active 16th century)
Printer: Girolamo Scotto (Italian, ca. 1505–1572)
Date: 1544
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 2 1/16 in. (10.7 × 5.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Object Number: 36.88.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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