DrawingsItalian17th-18th century

Return of Jephtha

17th-18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Pietro da CortonaArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink, black and gray wash, traces of graphite, framing line in black chalk and brown ink, on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 22.6 x 20.8 cm (8 7/8 x 8 3/16 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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