DrawingsItalian16th century

God Supported by Cherubs

16th century

Artists

Giovanni Antonio Licinio, call Il PordenoneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on blue-brown antique laid paper, lined with off-white wove paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.2 × 32.6 cm (9 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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