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Child Jesus Explaining the Scriptures to His Mother and St. Joseph

Etched by Stefano della Bella

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967

c. 1627
Etching with engraving; second or third state of three
14.7 x 12.7cm
67.689.3
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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