DrawingsItalian16th century

Copy after an Antique Bas-Relief

16th century

Artists

Battista FrancoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, right figural group incised with stylus, on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14 × 26.8 cm (5 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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