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The sacrifice of a ram held by a naked man at right, hooded priest at left with a young attendant

The sacrifice of a ram held by a naked man at right, hooded priest at left with a young attendant by Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century|Marco Dente

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 4 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (11.4 × 18 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Accession Number

26.50.1(135)

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

MenMale NudesRamsFireTrees

About the Artist

Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century|Marco Dente · 1500–1640

The artist known only as Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century, remains one of the many unidentified figures whose works survive in museum collections today. Active between roughly 1500 and 1640, this individual produced drawings, ornamental panels, and devotional subjects during a transformative period in Italian art that bridged the late Renaissance and the emerging Baroque. With no rec...

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