DrawingsNetherlandish16th-17th century

David with the Head of Goliath; verso: sketch in black chalk

16th-17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Battista FrancoPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

31.7 x 27.5 cm (12 1/2 x 10 13/16 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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