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Three angels carrying Gideon's fleece; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Orazi

After Andrea Antonio Orazi Italian
ca. 1729–64
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Three angels carrying Gideon's fleece; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Orazi
  • Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
  • Artist: Nicolas Le Sueur (French, Paris 1691–1764 Paris)
  • Artist: After Andrea Antonio Orazi (Italian, Rome 1670–after 1749)
  • Date: ca. 1729–64
  • Medium: Aquatint imitating a chiaroscuro woodcut printed in green and brown over etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 16 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (42.9 × 25.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.4525
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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