An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

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An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

Cesare Nebbia

Date
1580–90
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink
Department
Drawings and Prints
Institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Creator

Cesare Nebbia

Italian painter (1536-1614) · 1536–1614

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