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Feeding the Hungry

Publisher Jean I Leblond French
1635
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Feeding the Hungry
  • Series/Portfolio: Acts of Mercy
    (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde)
  • Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/04–1676 Paris)
  • Publisher: Jean I Leblond (French, ca. 1590–1666 Paris)
  • Date: 1635
  • Medium: Etching with engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 10 3/16 × 12 13/16 in. (25.8 × 32.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.49.15
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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