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Drawing, Study for a Painting: The Decapitation of Saint Catherine

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1803 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper. 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

22.2 × 14.9 cm (8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in the lower right corner of the verso: Zampa

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite above: 19; on verso in ink: 1803; in the upper left corner: 1735

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a Painting: The Decapitation of Saint Catherine; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 22.2 × 14.9 cm (8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-99

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