PrintsBritish17th century

Pagan Sacrifice

1638

Artists

Wenceslaus HollarArtist

Andrea MantegnaArtist after

Francesco FranciaArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

British

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 23.2 × 18.5 cm (9 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

W. Ackermann. Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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