Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory

Provenance

Agostino Caironi, Milan (1820 - 1907) (Lugt 426). Cesare Morini, Milan; his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; gift to NGA, 2015

Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory

Ricci, Sebastiano

c. 1731

Accession Number

2014.117.1

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 45.2 × 31.6 cm (17 13/16 × 12 7/16 in.) | sheet: 45.6 × 32.1 cm (17 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Karin Wachtel in memory of her husband, Cesare Morini

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