DrawingsItalian18th century

Madonna and Child with Saint John The Baptist

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on beige antique laid paper, laid down

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.1 × 26.4 cm (15 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445). Abigail Adams Homans, bequest; to her children George C. Homans, Mrs. Henry L. Mason, and Mrs. Carl J. Gilbert, c. 1974, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1975

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