DrawingsItalian17th-18th century

Adoration of the Magi

17th-18th century

Artists

Antonio BalestraArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 20.9 x 30 cm (8 1/4 x 11 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955

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