The Angel Staying the Arm of Abraham

Battista Franco Italian

after 1552

Not on view

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Title: The Angel Staying the Arm of Abraham
Artist: Battista Franco (Italian, Venice ca. 1510–1561 Venice)
Date: after 1552
Medium: Etching and engraving; second state
Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (35 x 26.3 cm) trimmed to platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.570.144
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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