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Two Reclining Beggars, and Seated Mother and Child, at Foot of Steps

A work made of pen and black ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white, with traces of graphite, on laid paper prepared with ocher wash, squared in graphite, laid down on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and black ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white, with traces of graphite, on laid paper prepared with ocher wash, squared in graphite, laid down on cream laid paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Girolamo Macchietti, after
Italian, c. 1535-1592

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Girolamo Macchietti

Title

Two Reclining Beggars, and Seated Mother and Child, at Foot of Steps

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1575–1600

Medium

Pen and black ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white, with traces of graphite, on laid paper prepared with ocher wash, squared in graphite, laid down on cream laid paper

Dimensions

26.3 × 39.4 cm (10 3/8 × 15 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.5460

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