DrawingsItalian16th century

The Judgment of Solomon

16th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.2 x 30.9 cm (7 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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