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Study for Saint Benedict Receiving Gifts from the Peasants

A work made of black chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of black chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1604

Artist:

Guido Reni
Italian, 1575-1642

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Guido Reni

Title

Study for Saint Benedict Receiving Gifts from the Peasants

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1599–1609

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

19.8 × 19.7 cm (7 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.501

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