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Three Apostles

Intermediary draftsman Adam Friedrich Oeser Austrian
1772
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Three Apostles
  • Artist: Johann Friedrich Bause (German, Halle (Saale) 1738–1814 Weimar)
  • Artist: Intermediary draftsman Adam Friedrich Oeser (Austrian, Bratislava, Slovakia (Pressburg) 1717–1799 Leipzig)
  • Artist: After Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571–1610 Porto Ercole)
  • Date: 1772
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 12 3/16 × 15 1/16 in. (31 × 38.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.4608
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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