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Twelve Cupids Playing

A work made of engraving in black on paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on paper.

Date:

c. 1477

Artist:

Giovanni Pietro da Birago
Italian, 1471/4-1513

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovan Pietro Birago

Title

Twelve Cupids Playing

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1472–1482

Medium

Engraving in black on paper

Dimensions

12.7 × 27.9 cm (5 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

Reference Number

1956.994

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