"The Benediction" by Nicolaes Maes

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"The Benediction" by Nicolaes Maes
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"The Benediction" by Nicolaes Maes

Date1914
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 12 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (32.4 × 24.8 cm)
sheet: 17 9/16 × 13 in. (44.6 × 33 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-121
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Label TextBest known locally for his etchings after Howard Pyle's paintings, Bicknell made many reproductive etchings based on paintings by other artists. This etching replicates the Dutch baroque painter Nicolaes Maes' picture of a woman praying before her evening meal. The original is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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