DrawingsGerman?18th-19th century

Acis and Galatea with Polyphemus

18th-19th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk with white chalk highlights on paper

Culture

German?

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.2 × 18.8 cm (10 5/16 × 7 3/8 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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