DrawingsItalian18th century

Two Women at a Table, One Reading

18th century

Artists

Donato CretiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.6 x 15.3 cm (4 9/16 x 6 in.)

Provenance

Rumohr. Lindner. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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