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Sheltering Strangers, from The Seven Acts of Mercy, c. 1534. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Image/sheet, platemark not visible: 5.7 × 5.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Sheltering Strangers, from The Seven Acts of Mercy
- Artist
- Georg Pencz German, c. 1500-1550
- Date
- c. 1534
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet, platemark not visible: 5.7 × 5.7 cm (2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.