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Drawing, Study for Allegorical Painting

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1700–1725 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is black crayon on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 41.9 × 27.1 cm (16 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: lily in a double ovoid above: V

It is inscribed

Written in ink: Amore Verso Iddio

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for Allegorical Painting; Italy; black crayon on paper; H x W: 41.9 × 27.1 cm (16 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-36

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