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The Holy Family

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The Holy Family

Battista Franco

Date: 16th century
Type: Print
Medium: Etching and engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 26.70.3(227)
Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

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