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Drawing, Dionysus and Ariadne

This is a Drawing. It was created by Johann August Nahl The Younger and after Giulio Romano. It is dated ca. 1781. Its medium is lead pencil, pen, brush and brownish gray watercolors. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by George A. Hearn.

Its dimensions are

30.3 × 34.7 cm (11 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: vryheit in the scheme of Churchill 89 as in -7

Cite this object as

Drawing, Dionysus and Ariadne; Johann August Nahl The Younger (German, 1752 - 1825); After Giulio Romano (Italian, 1499–1546); Germany; lead pencil, pen, brush and brownish gray watercolors; 30.3 × 34.7 cm (11 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.); 1897-9-11

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