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The Angel Comforting Elias in the Desert

(Italian, 1679–1740)
(Italian, about 1670–about 1734)
(Italian, about 1520–about 1575)
(Italian, active in Venice 1710–1750)
about 1720
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 40.7 x 53.2 cm (16 x 20 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 38.4 x 51.2 cm (15 1/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB3797
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom right, the number "7"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900