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Object Type
print
Museum number
1842,0806.200
Title
Object:
La Visitation
Description
Visitation, after Raphael: landscape with St Elizabeth standing at left and greeting the Virgin; baptism of Christ in the background, at l; lettered proof, in open letters. 1824 Etching and engraving, on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers
After:
Raphael
Printed by:
Durand
School/style
French
Production date
1824
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
545 millimetres
Width:
394 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(36)
Beraldi 1885-92 / Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle
(7)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
visitation
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
St Elizabeth
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Joseph Harding
Acquisition date
1842
Acquisition notes
1842,0806.1 to 321 were all purchased from W & G Smith, who had acquired the collection of Joseph Harding, from whom they all came. The acquisition was recommended to the Trustees by Josi on 31 March and 29 April 1841, but only purchased in 1842.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1842,0806.200