DrawingsItalian15th century

Crucifixion

15th century

Artists

Fra AngelicoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brush and brown ink, white gouache, orange wash, incised, on pink-purple prepared parchment

Culture

Italian

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

8 x 6.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Sold, [through Frederick Muller & Co., Amsterdam, July 5-6, 1927, as part of lot 249]. Wiener Collection, [sold through C.G. Boerner and P. Graupe, Leipzig and Berlin, May 12, 1930, part of lot 20], sold; to Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939

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