Decorative border panel with a candelabra ornamented with foliate designs, from Life of the Virgin and Christ

1490–1500

Not on view

These ornament prints were intended to serve as decorative borders to frame individual prints in Rosselli's Life of the Virgin and Christ series.

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Title: Decorative border panel with a candelabra ornamented with foliate designs, from Life of the Virgin and Christ
Series/Portfolio: Life of the Virgin and Christ
Artist: Francesco Rosselli (Italian, Florence 1448–1508/27 Venice (?))
Date: 1490–1500
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Mount: 16 × 9 11/16 in. (40.6 × 24.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 1 11/16 in. (23.8 × 4.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
Object Number: 21.30.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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