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Melchisedek Offering Bread and Wine to Abraham, from the series of etchings Biblical Scenes, after the frescoes by Raphael in the Vatican Loggia
Date:
1607
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Etching
Dimensions:
13.1 x 17.8 cm (image)
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Object Type:
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Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1958.142.2.9
Acquisition Date:
1958-02-21
Credit Line:
Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund
Melchisedek, the king, offers amphorae filled with wine and baskets brimming with bread to Abraham and his soldiers.