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Drawing, Peasants Listening to Itinerant Musicians

This is a Drawing. It was created by Giovanni Andrea Coppola. It is dated ca. 1665 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is red crayon, pen and brown ink on paper; verso: pen and ink, brush and sepia wash. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

23 x 22.4 cm (9 1/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: Gennaro 1655. Gio. And[re]a Coppola fe[...]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Peasants Listening to Itinerant Musicians; Giovanni Andrea Coppola (Italian, 1597 - 1659); Italy; red crayon, pen and brown ink on paper; verso: pen and ink, brush and sepia wash; 23 x 22.4 cm (9 1/16 x 8 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-530

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