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Bessarion

A work made of red and black chalk on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of red and black chalk on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1560

Artist:

Attributed to Federico Zuccaro
Italian, 1540/41-1609

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Federico Zuccaro

Title

Bessarion

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1558–1562

Medium

Red and black chalk on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

30.6 × 15.7 cm (12 1/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.3376

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