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Suffer the Little Children

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board.

Date:

1690/1700

Artist:

Domenico Piola I
Italian, 1627–1703

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Domenico Piola

Title

Suffer the Little Children

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1690–1700

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: “# 1712 / xen”; center, in graphite: “120”; lower right, in graphite: “840617 / 32 / 120”

Dimensions

22.4 × 29.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Anne Searle Bent

Reference Number

2018.734

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