DrawingsItalian16th century

A Concert

16th century

Artists

Niccolò dell' AbbateArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.3 × 28.5 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Dr. John S. Thacher. Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, by 1937, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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