Melchizadek offering bread and wine to Abraham
Battista Franco · Italian
Date: ca. 1545–61
Medium: Etching and engraving; third state
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 9/16 in. (27.3 x 42 cm) trimmed to platemark
Classification: Prints
Themes: Abraham, Bread, Dogs, Elephants, Lions, Wine
Gift of Miss Helen J. Baker, 1937
Date range
1540 – 1566
Largest dimension
42.0 cm
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