DrawingsItalian17th century

A Poet

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown, pink and greenish-blue wash on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.1 × 14.7 cm (10 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936

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