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Pietà

A work made of engraving with etching in black on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving with etching in black on cream laid paper.

Date:

c. 1550

Artist:

Unknown artist
Netherlandish, 16th century

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Pietà

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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1545–1555

Medium

Engraving with etching in black on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Printed in plate, below image: "Attendite et videte si est dolor sicvt dolor meus.Ter.1"; inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: "396"

Dimensions

Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 13.3 × 9.5 cm (5 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Anne Searle Bent

Reference Number

2015.344

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