DrawingsFlemish17th century

Saint Ambrose

17th century

Artists

Godfried MaesArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash over black chalk on antique laid paper, mounted on album leaf

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16 x 13.8 cm (6 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.) mount: 21.2 × 18.6 cm (8 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.) album page: 40.6 × 43.7 cm (16 × 17 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Louis W. Black, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956

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