The Holy Family (recto); Moses striking water from a rock (verso)

Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss German

mid-18th–early 19th century

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Title: The Holy Family (recto); Moses striking water from a rock (verso)
Artist: Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss (German, Munich 1730–1814/15 Munich)
Date: mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite (verso)
Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (19.7 x 14.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008
Object Number: 2008.608a, b
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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