DrawingsSwiss18th-19th century

Old Woman Crossing a Wooden Bridge

18th-19th century

Artists

Gabriel Ludwig Lory the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream wove paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.3 × 25.4 cm (6 7/16 × 10 in.)

Provenance

[Schuler Auktionen, Zürich, June 20, 2013, lot 4513], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2013, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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