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Allegorical scene with a sacrificial lamb

1640–70
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegorical scene with a sacrificial lamb
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Bonacina (Italian, Milan 1620–ca. 1670)
  • Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
  • Date: 1640–70
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 13 3/4 × 11 1/8 in. (35 × 28.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.650.539
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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