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The Assumption of the Virgin

ca. 1660–1705
Not on view
After Tintoretto's painting in Bamberg.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Assumption of the Virgin
  • Artist: Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger (German, Regensburg 1638–1705 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: After Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian, Venice 1518/19–1594 Venice)
  • Date: ca. 1660–1705
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 20 1/16 × 12 3/16 in. (51 × 31 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.2584
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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