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Virgin and Child with Saints Thomas and John the Baptist (recto); Sleeping Venus (verso)

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, with later additions of yellow-gray wash along right side (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso) on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, with later additions of yellow-gray wash along right side (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso) on ivory laid paper.

Date:

17th century (recto); 16th or 17th century (verso)

Artist:

Recto After Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane (Italian, c. 1548-1628)
Verso After Giorgio da Castelfranco, called Giorgione (Italian, 1477/78-1510)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacopo Negretti, called Palma Giovane

Title

Virgin and Child with Saints Thomas and John the Baptist (recto); Sleeping Venus (verso)

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1600–1699

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, with later additions of yellow-gray wash along right side (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso) on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

26.2 × 18.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.2998

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