Parable of the mote and the beam
Pietro Monaco · 1732–50
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Pietro Monaco's "Parable of the mote and the beam" is an etching and engraving created between 1732 and 1750. The print, acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1951 through The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, measures 19 11/16 in. × 14 in. (50 × 35.6 cm).
Monaco, an Italian engraver (1707–1772), is represented in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection by several works dating to a similar period. These include "Noli me tangere" (1730–39) and "The flight into Egypt, with the Holy Family in a boat" (1730–50). He also produced prints for a "series of 112 prints of the sacred history," with examples after Giovanni Battista Pittoni and Mattia Preti (ca. 1730–39).
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