DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

Design for Wall Painting

16th-17th century

Artists

Jacopo Palma GiovaneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19 x 27.9 cm (7 1/2 x 11 in.)

Provenance

Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice [with Sagredo inventory number P: no : 25 on mount; Lugt 2103a]; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent.

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