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Print, The Ascension of Mary Magdalene

This is a Print. It was print maker: Niccolò Francesco Maffei. It is dated ca. 1550 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is 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

28.1 × 19.7 cm (11 1/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Below: PER ILLVSTRIS ET GENEROSE VIR DNE BARTHOLE IORDANE [and a two-line Latin inscription]; below: [artist's name and date]

Cite this object as

Print, The Ascension of Mary Magdalene; Print Maker: Niccolò Francesco Maffei (Italian, 1590 - 1670); Italy; engraving on paper; 28.1 × 19.7 cm (11 1/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-232

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