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Allegory of a thesis, two women hold inscribed tablets

Bartolomeo Coriolano | Guido Reni

1640

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks printed and green (only state)

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 11/16 × 18 7/16 in. (34.8 × 46.8 cm) Image: 13 5/16 in. × 18 in. (33.8 × 45.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Bartolomeo Coriolano

1589–1689 • Papal States

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