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Abraham Entertaining Three Angels

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The three angels sit at a table center, with Abraham to the right. The table is set, there are pitchers lower left corner. To the left, a servant bearing a tray, and from a tent beyond, a woman appears.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815
After
Lodovico Carracci, Italian, 1555 - 1619
Publisher
John Chamberlaine, English, 1745 - 1812
Date
1797
Credit Line
Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
Medium
Etching and line engraving in brown ink on white paper
Dimensions
34.5 × 27.8 cm (13 9/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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