DrawingsDutch?19th century

A Couple Exchanging a Letter

19th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and gray wash on off-white paper

Culture

Dutch?

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.4 x 19.2 cm (10 x 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Claude Darton, Avignon, France, 1955]. Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.81

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