DrawingsItalian17th century

Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple; verso: Figures

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Drawing is laid down overall; verso drawing can be seen indistinctly through the recto

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash, with some red chalk, on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.3 x 28.3 cm (8 x 11 1/8 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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