DrawingsItalian15th century

Three Studies of Birds

c. 1500

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink , with touches of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream wove decorative mount

Culture

Italian

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 13.7 x 13.4 cm (5 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.204

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