DrawingsItalian17th century

Female Figure (Goddess?)

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.7 x 5 cm (7 3/4 x 1 15/16 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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