Cow Facing Front
DrawingsDutch18th century

Cow Facing Front

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
Culture
Dutch
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

6.9 x 8.2 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in.) mount: 13.8 x 16.9 cm (5 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Benjamin Disraeli, London, possibly sold; to John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1881, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1892.

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