Object Image

Christ and the woman of Samaria at the well, from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after the painting by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

The engraving was based on a painting then in the Avogadro collection in Brescia.

From the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after paintings by various artists.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969

1743-63
Etching and engraving
51.5 x 37.1cm
69.574.7
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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