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Study for Bacchus or Silenus

A work made of black chalk on tan laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of black chalk on tan laid paper.

Date:

c. 1664

Artist:

Domenico Maria Canuti
Italian, 1625-1684

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Domenico Maria Canuti

Title

Study for Bacchus or Silenus

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1660–1670

Medium

Black chalk on tan laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: “No. 218”

Dimensions

28.2 × 41.2 cm (11 1/8 × 16 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Suzanne Lord Folds and Mary S. Adams endowment funds; Anne Searle Bent Fund; Sara R. Shorey Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2019.923

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