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Drawing, Study of a Sheepdog

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1625–1650 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined. 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

H x W: 2.6 × 19.6 cm (1 in. × 7 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Stamped on verso: MB in a square

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of a Sheepdog; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined; H x W: 2.6 × 19.6 cm (1 in. × 7 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4445

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