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The Angel Freeing St. Peter from Prison

(Italian, 1789–1855)
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk
DimensionsHeight x width: 17.5 x 17.8 cm (6 7/8 x 7 in.)
Credit LineJoseph F. McCrindle Collection
Accession number2009.4247
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsPen and brown ink bottom "a Del Magno"; graphite verso "77-31-127 / del Magno / Collection / 6. / P"
ProvenanceDel Magno Collection [per inscriptions]; Joseph F. McCrindle; to Estate of Joseph F. McCrindle; by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)
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