The Doctors of the Church

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Object Details

engraver

Sharp, William

original artist

Reni, Guido

delineator

Farington, George

publisher

Boydell, John

Description

Engraving after painting by Guido Reni once in the Gallery 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. William Sharp's print was long considered a masterpiece of the English school of engraving. The Doctors or Fathers of the Catholic Church are shown discussing the doctrine of Immaculate Conception.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Marsh Collection

date made

1785

ID Number

1978.0534.03.60

accession number

1978.0534

catalog number

1978.0534.03.60

Object Name

engraving

Object Type

Engraving

Physical Description

ink (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 64.5 cm x 43 cm; 25 13/32 in x 16 15/16 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/ng49ca746ad-e981-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_784925