DrawingsItalian17th century

Christ Healing a Boy

17th century

Artists

Marcantonio BassettiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over red chalk heightened with white gouache on buff antique laid paper retouched in black ink

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 14.6 x 19.2 cm (5 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby’s, London, 22 October 1984, lot 299], sold; to Paul J. Haldeman, Brookline, MA and Jackson, MS, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 2002.

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