DrawingsItalian16th century

Soldier from the Back; verso: Figure Studies

16th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and red chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and graphite, attached to cream antique laid decorative mount

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 18.9 x 11.5 cm (7 7/16 x 4 1/2 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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