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Object Type
print
Museum number
U,3.212
Description
Two naked children walk towards right, supporting on their shoulders a third child who holds a tray aloft with three goblets; after Guido Reni. c.1638 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Stefano della Bella
After:
Guido Reni
School/style
Italian
Production date
1635-1640
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
151 millimetres
Width:
127 millimetres
Curator's comments
BM also has an impression of the second and third states: see 1871,0513.304 and 1937,0424.13.
Bibliographic references
De Vesme/Massar 1971 / Stefano della Bella
(101.I)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with Philipe's oval blindstamp with the initials CMC)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jonathan Blackburne
(with Blackburne’s annotation on verso in pencil ‘P.S. – 1761 / N°. 5 – 12’)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Dr Richard Mead
(in ink on verso '9 Nt Lt 49')
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
U,3.212