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Description: This master print was published by John Boydell dated 1776.
Artists and Engravers: This plate engraved by J.B. Michel after Pietro da Cortona. Jean Baptiste Michel (1748 - 1804) was a French engraver. Pietro da Cortona (1597 - 1669). Cortona was born Pietro Berrettini, but is primarily known by the name of his native town of Cortona in Tuscany. He was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and, along with his contemporaries and rivals Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.
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Subject: Plate : 'Abraham, Sarah and Hagar'. This plate shows Hagar, pushed by the angel, returns to Abraham and Sarah; Abraham greets her while Sarah remains seated on the right.
Condition: Good. Cropped to the image edge. General age related toning. Some smaller tears in the edges, backed. Bottom left and right paper a bit more damaged, crease bottom left. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 39 x 49 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15.4 x 19.3 inch.
Medium: Engraving / etching on a verge type of hand laid paper.
Location: B3-06
SKU: TPC 38667.1
Section: MASTERPRINTS-GROOT
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