PrintsFrench18th century

Martyrdom of Saint Angelo

c. 1729-1764

Artists

Nicolas Le SueurArtist

A. Claude Philippe de Thubières comte de CaylusArtist

Pietro TestaArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 37 × 24.5 cm (14 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.) Plate: 40.5 × 25.5 cm (15 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.) Sheet: 42.2 × 26.4 cm (16 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Horace M. Swope, St. Louis and New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

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