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Fragment of a Composition with People Gesturing and Horses in the Background

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

After Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga
Italian, 1501-1547

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Perino del Vaga

Title

Fragment of a Composition with People Gesturing and Horses in the Background

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1521–1547

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

28 × 26.2 cm (11 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.7658

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