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Print, Portrait of Carlo Careno

This is a Print. It was print maker: Angelo Zaffonato and after Carolus Vicecomes. It is dated ca. 1810 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is stipple engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 21 × 15.2 cm (8 1/4 in. × 6 in.) Paper: 36.5 × 26.7 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed along lower border: "Carolus Carno sacerdos, et medicus in medendis, subveniendisque Pauperibus Arte, Caritate, Largitate eximius"; below, lower left: "Carolus Vicecomes del."; lower right: "Angelus Saffonato sculp."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Carlo Careno; Print Maker: Angelo Zaffonato (Italian, died 1835); After Carolus Vicecomes; Italy; stipple engraving on paper; Plate: 21 × 15.2 cm (8 1/4 in. × 6 in.) Paper: 36.5 × 26.7 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-147

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