DrawingsDutch18th century

Descent from the Cross

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.3 x 15 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/8 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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