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Drawing, Six Men Standing or Walking in a Public Square of a Town

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1730–1750 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink, black chalk on paper, mounted. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

17.8 × 23.9 cm (7 in. × 9 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Written below at right with ink, possible in the 18th century, Marco Rizzi (1679-1729) [evidently wrongly]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Six Men Standing or Walking in a Public Square of a Town; Italy; pen and ink, black chalk on paper, mounted; 17.8 × 23.9 cm (7 in. × 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-13

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