Embriaco Rejecting the Spoils, from "Forme Picturarum Archetypae"

Lorenzo Lorenzi Italian

After Marcantonio Franceschini Italian

1774

Not on view

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Title: Embriaco Rejecting the Spoils, from "Forme Picturarum Archetypae"
Series/Portfolio: Forme Picturarum Archetypae
Artist: Lorenzo Lorenzi (Italian, active ca. 1750–80)
Artist: After Marcantonio Franceschini (Italian, Bologna 1648–1729 Bologna)
Date: 1774
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (A): 15 in. × 13 1/2 in. (38.1 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet (B): 15 in. × 18 1/2 in. (38.1 × 47 cm)
Sheet (C): 15 × 21 in. (38.1 × 53.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.2793a-c
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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