DrawingsItalian18th century

A Lady Holding a Fan

18th century

Artists

Francesco GuardiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash and graphite (?) on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.5 × 9.9 cm (8 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

Provenance

John Charles Robinson, London (Lugt 1433). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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