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Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese)|Pietro Monaco|Pietro Monaco

Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law from God who descends from the heavens; from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after the painting by Mattia Preti

ca. 1730–39
Etching and engraving
50.2 × 35.6 cm (19.8 × 14 in)

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