DrawingsFrench?18th century

Christ Blessing the Children

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink brown, ink, gray and brown wash on paper

Culture

French?

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.5 × 17.1 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/4 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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