overall: 64.5 cm x 43 cm; 25 13/32 in x 16 15/16 in
Object Name:
print
engraving
Object Type:
Engraving
Place made:
United Kingdom: England, London
Date made:
1785
Description:
Engraving after painting by Guido Reni once in the Gallery at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. William Sharp's print was long considered a masterpiece of the English school of engraving. The Doctors or Fathers of the Catholic Church are shown discussing the doctrine of Immaculate Conception.
