DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

Studies of Grotesques

16th-17th century

Artists

Agostino CarracciArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.2 x 37 cm (9 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Herbert Straus, Aquired from the Herbert Straus Collection by th, 1933. Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, Acquired from the Herbert Straus Collection, 1933, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

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