Death of Saint Francis Xavier

After Giacinto Gimignani Italian

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus French

ca. 1729

Not on view

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Title: Death of Saint Francis Xavier
Artist: After Giacinto Gimignani (Italian, Pistoia 1606–1681 Rome)
Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
Date: ca. 1729
Medium: Etching and aquatint printed in brown
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 19 5/8 × 11 7/8 in. (49.8 × 30.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.4198
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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