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The sacrifice of Elijah by Leopoldo Maccari

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An image of Title/s: Drawing reduced from tracings taken from the inlaid marble pavement of Siena Cathedral during its restoration in the nineteenth century
Title/s: The sacrifice of Elijah 
Maker/s: Maccari, Leopoldo (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1850-1894?]
Technique Description: pen and black ink with black, green, red, blue, ochre and pinkish-brown wash on lightly squared paper 
Dimensions: height: 359 mm, width: 414 mm

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Title/s: Drawing reduced from tracings taken from the inlaid marble pavement of Siena Cathedral during its restoration in the nineteenth century Title/s: The sacrifice of Elijah Maker/s: Maccari, Leopoldo (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1850-1894?] Technique Description: pen and black ink with black, green, red, blue, ochre and pinkish-brown wash on lightly squared paper Dimensions: height: 359 mm, width: 414 mm

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  • Accession Number: 4086
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Image height: 661 pixels
  • Image width: 760 pixels
  • Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
  • Filesize: 92.65kB

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