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Praying Magdalene

A work made of red chalk, with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on pale blue laid paper.
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  • A work made of red chalk, with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on pale blue laid paper.

Date:

1670s

Artist:

Carlo Cignani
Italian, 1628-1719

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Carlo Cignani

Title

Praying Magdalene

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1670–1679

Medium

Red chalk, with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on pale blue laid paper

Dimensions

17.7 × 20.2 cm (7 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.690

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