Portrait of a praying nun — Peter Paul Rubens|Carl Guttenberg | DiscoverArt

Peter Paul Rubens|Carl Guttenberg

Portrait of a praying nun

ca. 1771

Engraving

18.5 × 13.5 cm (7.3 × 5.3 in)

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