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Drawing, A Bacchanale

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1670–1684 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray wash on laid 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

9.2 × 29.2 cm (3 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: crown with hanging chain; on verso: J. Peoli mark (sales cat. no. 364 [a])

It is signed

Lower right: La Fage

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Bacchanale; France; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper; 9.2 × 29.2 cm (3 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-73-213

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