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Print, The Madonna and Child

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1575 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

16.2 × 12.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: Benedicta tu in musicribus, & benedictus fructus / ventris tui, IESUS

Cite this object as

Print, The Madonna and Child; Netherlands; engraving on paper; 16.2 × 12.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-240

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