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And Another Angel Came Out of the Temple Which is in Heaven, and He Also Having a Sharp Sickle
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Odilon Redon and Ambroise Vollard

And Another Angel Came Out of the Temple Which is in Heaven, and He Also Having a Sharp Sickle

1899

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And Another Angel Came Out of the Temple Which is in Heaven, and He Also Having a Sharp Sickle

Odilon Redon and Ambroise Vollard

And Another Angel Came Out of the Temple Which is in Heaven, and He Also Having a Sharp Sickle

And Another Angel Came Out of the Temple Which is in Heaven, and He Also Having a Sharp Sickle

1899

Physical Qualities Tusche and crayon lithograph with scraping on chine collé, Sheet: 559 x 421 mm. (22 x 16 9/16 in.) Image: 313 x 213 mm. (12 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate VII from the portfolio "Apocalypse of Saint John (Apocalypse de Saint-Jean)"
Credit Line Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number 1951.67.1
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein," October 30, 2011-March 25, 2012.

Victor Carlson, Baltimore Museum of Art, "French Illustrated Books of the 19th and 20th Century," 15 October - 14 January 1967 (?). no. 61.

Inscribed: Monogrammed in lower right of image: superimposed "OR" Caption, below image: "Et un autre ange sortit du temple qui est au ciel, ayant lui aussi une / faucille tranchante."

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