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The Deluge

A work made of engraving over etching in black on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of engraving over etching in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1540s

Artist:

Battista Franco
Italian, c. 1510-1561

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Battista Franco

Title

The Deluge

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1540–1549

Medium

Engraving over etching in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso lower left, in graphite: “A- / P. HZ” (?)

Dimensions

Plate: 26.6 × 42.5 cm (10 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 42.9 cm (10 3/4 × 16 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2021.166

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