DrawingsItalian15th century

Saint Sebastian

15th century

Artists

Antonio PollaiuoloArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash, strengthened with black ink, on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to antique laid paper, itself laid down overall to twentieth-century white card

Culture

Italian

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.2 × 9.2 cm (9 1/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Giovanni Morelli, Milan and Bergamo (Lugt 1902). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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