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Etched by Giovanni Battista Mercati Italian
After a fresco in S. Bibiana, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian
Dedicated by Mercati to Marcello Sacchetti Italian
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Title: Saint Bibiana Refusing to Sacrifice to Pagan Idols
Artist:
Etched by Giovanni Battista Mercati (Borgo San Sepolcro, near Arezzo. ca. 1600–after 1641 Rome (?))
Artist:
After a fresco in S. Bibiana, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
Dedicatee:
Dedicated by Mercati to Marcello Sacchetti (Italian, Rome 1586–1629 Naples)
Date: 1626
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (26.4 x 21 cm) trimmed to borderline
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number: 62.602.493
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