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Drawing, Design for Stained Glass in the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Wouter Crabeth. It is dated ca. 1570-80 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper, squared in black chalk. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

  • Stencil, Turtles
  • mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu),.
  • Gift of Helen Snyder.
  • 1976-103-159
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Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Coat-of-arms
  • cotton.
  • Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson.
  • 1953-81-1

Its dimensions are

Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.) H x W: 55.4 × 18.7 cm (21 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Stained Glass in the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy; Attributed to Wouter Crabeth I (Dutch, active 1559 – d. 1589); Italy; brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper, squared in black chalk; Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.) H x W: 55.4 × 18.7 cm (21 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7321

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.

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