DrawingsItalian18th century

The Temptation

18th century

Artists

Pietro Antonio NovelliArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink with gray wash on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.5 × 13.3 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 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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