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Allegory of the Christian Faith with Christ at center, holding the cross
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Allegory of the Christian Faith with Christ at center, holding the cross

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 1/4 × 18 7/16 in. (38.8 × 46.8 cm) top portion trimmed away

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

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1553 –1615 Italian

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