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Drawing, Ascension of the Virgin

This is a Drawing. It was created by Pietro Novelli. It is dated ca. 1630–40 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk support: paper, white, laid. 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

44.5 x 28.5 cm (17 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower right in graphite: "Monrealese"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ascension of the Virgin; Pietro Novelli (Italian, 1603 - 1647); Italy; pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk support: paper, white, laid; 44.5 x 28.5 cm (17 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8325

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