DrawingsItalian17th century

Saint Ambrose

17th century

Artists

Giacomo CavedoneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk heightened with pink-white gouache on dark tan antique laid paper with framing lines in black ink

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.5 x 39.2 cm (11 1/4 x 15 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Unidentified collector (Lugt 2501). Unidentified collector (Lugt 2781). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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