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Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing: (a): The Virgin and Joseph with the Young Jesus; (b): Acis and Galatea

1710–40
Not on view

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  • Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing: (a): The Virgin and Joseph with the Young Jesus; (b): Acis and Galatea
  • Artist: Johann Jakob Frey the Elder (Swiss, active in Rome 1681–1752)
  • Artist: After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome)
  • Artist: William Kent (British, Bridlington, Yorkshire ca. 1685–1748 London)
  • Artist: After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome)
  • Date: 1710–40
  • Medium: (a): Engraving and etching; (b): red chalk
  • Dimensions: Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.62.44r(a,b)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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