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Drawing, Saint Anthony of Padua Holding the Infant

This is a Drawing. It was created by Giacomo Zampa. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash, brush and white gouache on paper. 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

12.7 × 10.8 cm (5 in. × 4 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: lower part of three letters, the central being an M

It is signed

Signed in the lower right corner on verso: Giacoma Zamp[a] Forlinese

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, upper right corner: GUERCINE; on verso in graphite: 1863 (part of a sealing oblate)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Saint Anthony of Padua Holding the Infant; Giacomo Zampa (Italian, 1731 - 1808); Italy; pen and ink, brush and brown wash, brush and white gouache on paper; 12.7 × 10.8 cm (5 in. × 4 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-91

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