The Mystery of the Rosary, various people below holding rosaries with two soldiers holding spears to them, the Virgin and Child at top center, an angel at right holding a cross and another holding Veronica's veil, angels overhead holding flags and banners, flowers from overhead falling onto the people below

ca. 1660–1703
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  • Title: The Mystery of the Rosary, various people below holding rosaries with two soldiers holding spears to them, the Virgin and Child at top center, an angel at right holding a cross and another holding Veronica's veil, angels overhead holding flags and banners, flowers from overhead falling onto the people below
  • Artist: Girard Audran (French, Lyons 1640–1703 Paris)
  • Artist: After Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) (Italian, Bologna 1581–1641 Naples)
  • Date: ca. 1660–1703
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 27 5/16 × 15 1/16 in. (69.3 × 38.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.2337
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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