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Design for a Window Frame; verso: Study of an Arm

DrawingsItalian16th century

Design for a Window Frame; verso: Study of an Arm

16th century

Artists

Michelangelo BuonarrotiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.6 × 25.7 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Provenance

H. (?) N. Baron von Slingelandt. information from B. Weinreb H. (?) Bosch Reitz, Laren, Netherlands (?), by descent from his great grandfather. Gt. Grandfather: H. (?) N. Baron von Slingelandt; information from B. Weinreb B. Weinreb Limited, London, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., 1980. (Seiden & de Cuevas is now known as Vermeer Associates, Ltd) Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, purchased from B. Weinreb Limited, London, 6, sold to HUAM, 1998.

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