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Maker(s):Franceschini, Baldassarre (Il Volterrano), attributed to
Culture:Italian (1611-1690)
Title:Studies for urns/basins
Type:Drawing
Materials:Red chalk, iron gall ink; grey/brown wash
Place Made:Italy; Tuscany; Florence; Volterra
Measurements:Sheet: 11 3/16 in x 7 3/4 in; 28.4 cm x 19.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Reverse: lwr. r. (in pencil): (illegible mark): horizontal line over a mark / 37
Accession Number:  MH 2017.7.23
Credit Line:Gift of Thomas Cassirer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Recto: four studies of urns/basins; the top one with a lobed quatrefoil lip in red chalk and wash; bottom two with rings hanging from the volutes that support the basins in red chalk, iron gall ink and wash. Verso: faint red chalk studies of urns with ornate volute handles, gadroons, and foliate ornament.

Tags:
sketches; containers; vessels

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