DrawingsFlemish17th-18th century

Allegory of Redemption (Design for a Frontispiece)

17th-18th century

Artists

Jan Erasmus QuellinusArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gray ink and brown wash over graphite or black chalk, incised, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12.8 x 8.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.) primary mount: 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.) secondary mount: 23 x 17 cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[Walter Schatzki, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

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