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1942

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2015

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Print, Design for an Engraved Tazza with an Allegory of Charity

This is a Print. It was designed by Jan Theodor de Bry and print maker: Théodore de Bry. It is dated ca. 1588 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

12.7 x 12.6 cm (5 in. x 4 15/16 in.) Diam: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Design for an Engraved Tazza with an Allegory of Charity; Designed by Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561 - 1623); Print Maker: Theodor de Bry (French, active Netherlands and Germany, 1528 - 1598); Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; 12.7 x 12.6 cm (5 in. x 4 15/16 in.) Diam: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1942-36-7

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