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Drawing, The Virgin and Child

This is a Drawing. It was created by Fortunato Duranti. It is dated 1820–1850 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and bistre ink 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

26.8 × 19 cm (10 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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Cite this object as

Drawing, The Virgin and Child; Fortunato Duranti (Italian, 1787 - 1863); Italy; pen and bistre ink on paper; 26.8 × 19 cm (10 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7392

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