DrawingsFrench17th century

Pentecost

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, red chalk, and white gouache over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.5 x 41.5 cm (3 3/4 x 16 5/16 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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