DrawingsAmerican19th century

Woman and Baby, Valmontone, Italy

1857

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.6 x 8.8 cm (5 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)

Provenance

By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

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