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| Titles: | The Head of Christ by Giovanni Cimabue Plate from Ernst Förster, Denkmale italienischer Malerei vom Verfall der Antike bis zum 16. Jahrhundert (Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1869) |
| Date: | 1869 |
| Artists: | Caspar Heinrich Merz (Swiss (active Germany), 1806–1875) After a drawing by Ernst Förster (German, 1800–1885) Copied after Cenni di Pepo (called Cimabue) (Italian, c. 1240–before 1302) |
| Medium: | Etching |
| Dimensions: | Plate: 12 5/16 x 9 7/16 inches (31.3 x 24 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 x 11 9/16 inches (40.2 x 29.4 cm) |
| Classification: | Prints |
| Credit Line: | The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985 |
| Accession Number: | 1985-52-10064 |
| Geography: | Made in Germany, Europe |
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