The Virgin and child with two angels
Andrea Scacciati · 1766
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"The Virgin and child with two angels" is an etching with sanguine tone by Andrea Scacciati, measuring 41 × 29.6 cm (sheet, trimmed). Dated 1766, the work is classified as a print within the Drawings and Prints department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired via the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1933. No information regarding the artwork's culture, provenance, exhibitions, or literature is provided.
Andrea Scacciati (1642–1710) was an Italian painter. The provided artist authority record does not include details on his nationality. There is a discrepancy between the artwork's date of 1766 and the artist's death year of 1710.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works attributed to Andrea Scacciati, including "The Death of Saint Anne" (1766) and "Madonna and child appearing before a kneeling saint, after Bernardino Poccetti" (ca. 1766), which share a similar date to "The Virgin and child with two angels." Other holdings attributed to the artist are dated between 1750 and 1775, or with unknown dates.
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