DrawingsItalian18th century

Martyrdom of a Saint

18th century

Artists

Mattia BortoloniArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

48.4 x 35 cm (19 1/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Provenance

sale, Christie's, London, 12 January 1995, lot 54 (as Gian Battista Tiepolo); Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (1995); Harvard Art Museum/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 2006.324

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