DrawingsItalian17th-18th century

Study for a Seated Christ

17th-18th century

Artists

Tommaso ChiariArtist

Carlo MarattiPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.8 × 25.7 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

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