Sheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin and Christ

Sheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin and Christ

Francesco Rosselli

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This print was intended to serve as decorative borders to frame individual prints in Rosselli's Life of the Virgin and of Christ series.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin and ChristSheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin and ChristSheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin and ChristSheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin and ChristSheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin and Christ

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