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Saint John the Baptist or Christ the Good Shepherd

A work made of charcoal heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of charcoal heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper.

Date:

1570/90

Artist:

Guy François
French, 1578-1650

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Guy François

Title

Saint John the Baptist or Christ the Good Shepherd

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1598–1650

Medium

Charcoal heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower center, in pen and brown ink: "il guerchin [?] / Fecit"

Dimensions

20.9 × 14.1 cm (8 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.1735

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