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Drawing, The Virgin and Child

This is a Drawing. It was created by Fortunato Duranti. It is dated ca. 1825 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, impressed lines 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

21.2 × 11.7 cm (8 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: eagle flying, below a three-mount

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Virgin and Child; Fortunato Duranti (Italian, 1787 - 1863); Italy; graphite, impressed lines on paper; 21.2 × 11.7 cm (8 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8065

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