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Print, Portrait of Maria Margherita Durini (1718-1755)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jac. Mecorus. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

15.2 × 10.7 cm (6 in. × 4 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Along lower margin: "D. Maria Margherita Durini Ma Marchesa Serponti/nata à 25 d'Agosto 1718, morta in Milano a gli 8 di Giugno 1733"; lower right: "Jac. Mereorus sculp."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Maria Margherita Durini (1718-1755); Print Maker: Jac. Mecorus; Italy; engraving on paper; 15.2 × 10.7 cm (6 in. × 4 3/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-150

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