A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.

  • Cresti, Domenico, 1559-1638.
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1778
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29672i
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A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : CR edid.t.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 33.9 x 21.5 cm

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In the collection of Mr. Nath.l Hillier. Dom.o Passignano del.t; J Basire sc.t 1763.

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 493, no. 5881 (as "Die Nacht mit dem schlafenden Kinde. Feder und Bister. N. Hillier's Sammlung. J. Basire sc. H. 9' 4", Br. 5' 3". Rogers, Collection 20.")

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Wellcome Collection 29672i

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