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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Pieter van Avont Flemish
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The infants Jesus and St. John embrace; three cherubs and sheep at left.
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Title: Jesus and St. John embracing, with Cherubs
Series/Portfolio: Paedopaegnion (New Hollstein 849-860)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Pieter van Avont (Flemish, 1599–1652)
Date: 1646
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (12.6 × 20 cm)
cut within platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number: 51.501.1380
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