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Drawing, Kneeling Figures (Detail of a Composition of "The Assumption")

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1640–70 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne.

Its dimensions are

36.5 × 25.4 cm (14 3/8 in. × 10 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Kneeling Figures (Detail of a Composition of "The Assumption"); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, graphite on cream laid paper; 36.5 × 25.4 cm (14 3/8 in. × 10 in.); Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne; 1948-118-52

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