DrawingsItalian16th century

The Assumption of the Virgin

16th century

Artists

Giulio CampiArtist

Gaudenzio FerrariArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wash heightened with white gouache on blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to wove card, decorated mount

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

Provenance

F. Abbott. [P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, by 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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