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Artist and publisher Michele Benedetti Italian
After Carlo Cignani Italian
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Title: Roman Charity, with Pero, holding a small child, offering her right breast to the shackled Cimon
Artist and publisher:
Michele Benedetti (Italian, Viterbe 1745–1810 Vienna)
Artist:
After Carlo Cignani (Italian, Bologna 1628–1719 Forlì)
Date: 1792
Medium: Stipple etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 15 1/2 × 17 1/8 in. (39.4 × 43.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.2824
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