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1938

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Drawing, Adoration of the Shepherds

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Francesco Saverio Mergolo. It is dated ca. 1750–90 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray, brown wash, black chalk on 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

47.4 × 35 cm (18 11/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Lugt S. 1860c

Cite this object as

Drawing, Adoration of the Shepherds; Designed by Francesco Saverio Mergolo (Italian, 1746–1786); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray, brown wash, black chalk on paper; 47.4 × 35 cm (18 11/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4371

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