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Drawing, Study for a Portrait

This is a Drawing. It is dated 17th–19th century and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is graphite and white crayon on fibrous blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

It has the following markings

Indistinct stamp of the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

It is inscribed

Notation near the left shoulder in a different hand

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a Portrait; Italy; graphite and white crayon on fibrous blue paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3052

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