Object Image

An apostle with a long beard looking down at an open book, in an oval frame, from Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles

Anonymous, 17th century

From Christ, the Virgin and Thirteen Apostles, a series of fifteen busts in oval frames printed from one plate, after Reni. Verso not visible as print is laid to another sheet of paper.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

1600-1640
Etching
9.6 x 7.7cm
51.501.5047
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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