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Study for Saint Francis of Assisi Giving His Cloak to an Impoverished Knight

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with pink and orange watercolor border.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with pink and orange watercolor border.

Date:

1591/95

Artist:

Giovanni Battista della Rovere, called Il Fiamminghino
Italian, 1561-1627/30

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovan Battista della Rovere

Title

Study for Saint Francis of Assisi Giving His Cloak to an Impoverished Knight

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1591–1595

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with pink and orange watercolor border

Dimensions

19.7 × 18.8 cm (7 13/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.585

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