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| Maker(s): | Franceschini, Baldassarre (Il Volterrano), attributed to | | Culture: | Italian (1611-1690)
| | Title: | Study for ornate urn with cherubs
| | Type: | Drawing
| | Materials: | Red chalk, iron gall ink
| | Place Made: | Italy; Florence
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 19 cm x 10.8 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | Obverse: lwr. l. (in brown ink): evidence of transferred or bled through script, shown backwards here; Reverse: lwr. r. (in pencil): (illegible mark, a horizontal line with a mark resembling a carrot mark underneath); 16.
| | Accession Number: | MH 2017.7.2
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Thomas Cassirer
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Red chalk and ink study of ornate urn with handles and cherubs on urn body; urn on pedestal in niche.
Tags:
vessels; containers; sketches; infants Subjects:
Containers; Infants Link to share this object record:
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