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1931

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Drawing, Study for an Altarpiece: Christ with Saint Stephen, Saint Paul, and Saint Francis

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1550–1575 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, brush and bistre, brush and gray watercolor on paper, mounted. 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

15.6 × 8.8 cm (6 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on verso of mounting paper: Raffaelo Sanzio. 18

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for an Altarpiece: Christ with Saint Stephen, Saint Paul, and Saint Francis; Italy; black chalk, brush and bistre, brush and gray watercolor on paper, mounted; 15.6 × 8.8 cm (6 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-49

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