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Biblical Scene

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1900-1933

GUSN

GUSN-5700

Description

Black and white offset print after an engraving of a painting; putti bearing a cross stands on a column with back to viewer; barrel vault and drapery background; dark male hand (possibly a devil figure) touching putti on left; partial head and torso of another, scholarly man with manuscript on right; plain gilded wooden frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
Picture
Unidentified Paper
Transfer Printed
Picture

Inscription

Inscriptions: ""51.9B"" and ""C. Naya""; paintings date appears on sleeve of dark hand, ""1707""

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Europe

Dimensions

20 3/4 x 17 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.962

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