DrawingsItalian16th century

Scene from French History

16th century

Artists

Niccolò dell' AbbateArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

41.1 × 27.7 cm (16 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Mathias Komor, New York, NY (Lugt 1882a)]. Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, MA, bequest of Frances L. Hofer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979

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