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Print, Virgin and Child in the Clouds

This is a Print. It was after Simon Vouet and print maker: Michel Lasne. It is dated 1637. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

41.2 × 23.5 cm (16 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: Simon Voüet pinxit; in plate, lower right: M Lasne [stylized] fecit

It is inscribed

Below, the inscription: "Sactore ANTONI quem nos superanimus hostem / Quod superas Coelo parta corna tibi est / Non mea sed vestia est victoria parta quod illa est / Lacte tuo Mater Sanguine Nate tuo".

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Print, Virgin and Child in the Clouds; Print Maker: Michel Lasne (French, ca. 1590 - 1667); After Simon Vouet (1590 – 1649); France; engraving on laid paper; 41.2 × 23.5 cm (16 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-119

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