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Maker(s):Franceschini, Baldassarre (Il Volterrano), attributed to
Culture:Italian (1611-1690)
Title:Study for cartouche with inscription
Type:Drawing
Materials:Red chalk, iron gall ink
Place Made:Italy; Florence
Measurements:Sheet: 2 15/16 in x 5 15/16 in; 7.5 cm x 15.1 cm
Narrative Inscription:  See description; there is additional writing on the back of the sheet that is difficult to read because it is laid down onto a mounting sheet.; Reverse: lwr. r. (in pencil): (illegible mark: pair of perpendicular lines above a horizontal line; mark resembling a carrot mark underneath) / 17.
Accession Number:  MH 2017.7.3
Credit Line:Gift of Thomas Cassirer
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Recto: study for a baroque cartouche in red chalk with inscription (...IUBILEAT...). Verso (sandwiched between sheet and mount): inscription in ink that reads: ARCESCIBILEM FLOREM SANTITATIS / CVIVS SVAVITATEM ODORIS [ODOREM SVAVITATIS is crossed out]ODORATVS EST / DOMINVS.

Tags:
writing; sketches

Subjects:
sketches; Writing

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