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After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian
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Title: God appearing from billowing clouds to an apostle (?) who is baptizing a young boy at center; four male figures to the right are in conversation, gesturing to the main scene, while other figures and a dog stand in waiting at the far right.
Artist:
After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
Published in: London
Date: after 1596
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number: 62.650.535bis
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