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Drawing, Project for Part of a Decoration

This is a Drawing. It was attributions: François Duquesnoy. It is dated ca. 1630 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash bistre on laid paper.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

14.3 × 7.9 cm (5 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.) Mount: 18.9 × 11.3 cm (7 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for Part of a Decoration; Attributions: François Duquesnoy (Flemish, 1597 - 1643); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash bistre on laid paper.; 14.3 × 7.9 cm (5 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.) Mount: 18.9 × 11.3 cm (7 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2602

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