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Drawing, Adoration of the Shepherds

This is a Drawing. It was created by Antonio de' Dominici. It is dated ca. 1730 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is reddish-brown chalk on cream 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

27.8 x 20.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso, collector's stamp in blue ink: MB (no Lugt); in brown ink: Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 457e)

It is signed

Signed in black ink, lower right: di Dominici g. 120

Cite this object as

Drawing, Adoration of the Shepherds; Antonio de' Dominici (Italian, ca. 1730–after 1800); Italy; reddish-brown chalk on cream laid paper; 27.8 x 20.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7077

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