The Assumption of the Virgin

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Object Details

publisher

Boydell, John

engraver

Dunkarton, Robert

original artist

Berrettoni, Niccolo

Description

Mezzotint after painting by Niccolo Berrettoni, once in the Carlo Marratta Room at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Marsh Collection

date made

1783

ID Number

1978.0534.03.48

accession number

1978.0534

catalog number

1978.0534.03.48

Object Name

mezzotint

Object Type

Mezzotint

Other Terms

Print; Intaglio; Mezzotint

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 27.25 cm x 19.5 cm; 10 23/32 in x 7 11/16 in

plate: 25.25 cm x 17.5 cm; 9 15/16 in x 6 7/8 in

place made

United Kingdom: England, London

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Communications

Marsh Collection

Religion

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Virgin Mary

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-a964-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_786005