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Drawing, Chronos

This is a Drawing. It was after Giovanni Bernardi. It is dated 1550–1600 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and bistre on paper, mounted on paper with red crayon drawing. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

5.3 × 14 cm (2 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Written on verso "Polidoro da Cararaggio" and in another hand the number 16.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Chronos; After Giovanni Bernardi (Italian, 1494 - 1553); Italy; brush and bistre on paper, mounted on paper with red crayon drawing; 5.3 × 14 cm (2 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-15

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