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Drawing, Study for the Deluge

This is a Drawing. It was created by Raymond Lafage. It is dated ca. 1679-80 and we acquired it in 1930. Its medium is pen and ink, red chalk on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

19.5 × 11.9 cm (7 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for the Deluge; Raymond Lafage (French, 1656–1684); France; pen and ink, red chalk on laid paper; 19.5 × 11.9 cm (7 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1930-26-70

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