DrawingsItalian18th century

The Finding of Moses

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, framing line in black crayon (?), on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 12 x 15.2 cm (4 3/4 x 6 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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