16th century
19.4 x 18 cm (7 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Thomas Lawrence, London, gift; to William Esdaile, London, 1829 (Lugt 2617) [1]. Unidentified Collection, Dutch? [2]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932. Notes [1] See Esdaile's inscriptions on verso and old mount. [2] The dimensions in Dutch on the old mount suggest that the drawing was once part of a Dutch collection.
Black chalk, stumped, and white chalk on gray-brown antique laid paper
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