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The Entombment of Christ

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Entombment of Christ
  • Artist: Pietro Antonio Leone Bettelini (Italian, Lugano 1763–1829 Rome)
  • Artist: After Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) (Italian, Florence 1486–1530 Florence)
  • Date: ca. 1811
  • Medium: Engraving; proof
  • Dimensions: Plate: 24 9/16 × 16 5/8 in. (62.4 × 42.2 cm)
    Sheet: 25 13/16 × 17 5/16 in. (65.6 × 44 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry Shaw Newman, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.97.452
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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