DrawingsItalian17th century

Design for Ballet Costume

17th century

Artists

Baccio del BiancoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

42 × 29.9 cm (16 9/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Sold [through Christie's, London, November 27, 1973, as lot 242]. Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam (Lugt 3893). [Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London], sold; to John Davidson, Chicago, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024

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