The Massacre of the Innocents, from Opera Selectiora

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John Baptist Jackson

Title

The Massacre of the Innocents, from Opera Selectiora

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Designed 1739

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut in buff, violet-gray, light brown and dark violet-brown on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

Image/block: 40.5 × 54.2 cm (16 × 21 3/8 in.); Sheet: 42.6 × 58.6 cm (16 13/16 × 23 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1955.1033

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