DrawingsItalian16th century

Design for a Sopraporta

16th century

Artists

Paolo FarinatiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash heightened with white gouache over black chalk on blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.6 × 41 cm (9 11/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Charles Rogers, London (Lugt 624). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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