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Study for Detail: Head of a Cherub

A work made of red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper.

Date:

1750/59

Artist:

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian, 1696–1770

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giambattista Tiepolo

Title

Study for Detail: Head of a Cherub

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1750–1759

Medium

Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper

Dimensions

17.9 × 24 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Simeon B. Williams Fund

Reference Number

1942.454V

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