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A house atop a round rock at center, people in the river and in canoes throughout

1626–80
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A house atop a round rock at center, people in the river and in canoes throughout
  • Artist: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (Italian, Bologna 1606–1680 Rome)
  • Date: 1626–80
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 12 13/16 × 18 1/4 in. (32.6 × 46.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.70.4(227)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Landscape with a man holding a snake to a terrified child, watched by a fashionably dressed couple on the riverbank at right, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi  Italian, Etching
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