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Assumption of the Virgin; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after Giuseppe Passeri

ca. 1729–40
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Assumption of the Virgin; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after Giuseppe Passeri
  • Artist: Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764)
  • Artist: Paul Ponce Antoine Robert-de-Seri (French, 1686–1733)
  • Artist: After Giuseppe Passeri (Passari) (Italian, Rome 1654–1714 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1729–40
  • Medium: Aquatint imitating a chiaroscuro woodcut printed in green and brown over etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 21 in. × 15 1/4 in. (53.3 × 38.8 cm)
    Plate: 11 11/16 × 9 3/8 in. (29.7 × 23.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.708(133)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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