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- Title:
The Angel of Mercy
- Date:
- ca. 1746
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 23 1/2 x 19 inches (59.7 x 48.3 cm), Frame: 29 × 33 1/2 × 3 1/4 inches (73.7 × 85.1 × 8.3 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.362
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.362FR
- Subject Terms:
- angels | baby | cave | children | religious and mythological subject | robe | shadows | white (color) | wings | woman
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:850
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