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Print, Nypmhs Sacrificing to Mercury

This is a Print. It was print maker: Bonnefoy and after Maria Anna Angelica Kauffmann. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is stipple engraving, brush and watercolor 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

33.3 × 38.8 cm (13 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below, lower left: Angelica Kauffman pinx I; lower center: [the title]; lower right: Bonnefoy Sculp.; below: [publisher's name and address]

Cite this object as

Print, Nypmhs Sacrificing to Mercury; Print Maker: Bonnefoy; After Maria Anna Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807); England; stipple engraving, brush and watercolor on paper; 33.3 × 38.8 cm (13 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-20

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