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Drawing, Maryrdom of Three Saints

This is a Drawing. It was created by François Perrier. It is dated ca. 1625 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash and white gouache on blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

18.9 × 14.1 cm (7 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "L'empereur." At lower left: "Le bourreau." At right: "Les Chreti..." At center "St. Petr. St. Blandina."; Inscribed in pen and black ink on verso: "Venta di grab le 23 Debre 1875 no. 251, 25 pl./J.F.R."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Maryrdom of Three Saints; François Perrier (French, 1594 - 1649); France; pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash and white gouache on blue paper; 18.9 × 14.1 cm (7 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-118

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