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| Maker(s): | Franceschini, Baldassarre (Il Volterrano), attributed to | | Culture: | Italian (1611-1690)
| | Title: | Studies for ornate urns
| | Type: | Drawing
| | Materials: | Red chalk with iron gall ink and graphite on cream laid paper
| | Place Made: | Italy; Florence
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 11 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in; 28.6 cm x 20.6 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | Reverse: lwr. r. (in pencil): (illegible mark: horizontal line with a pair of perpendicular lines and a mark resembling a carrot mark underneath) / 18
| | Accession Number: | MH 2017.7.4
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Thomas Cassirer
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Recto: two red chalk studies of ornate urns, both footed and with handles, one urn drawn above the other; lower urn has touches of black ink. Verso: two ornate urns, both footed and with handles, drawn one above the other; upper urn is in red chalk and black ink, lower urn is in graphite and black ink.
Tags:
vessels; containers; sketches Subjects:
Containers; sketches; Graphite Link to share this object record:
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