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Drawing, Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Corrado Giaquinto. It is dated ca. 1725–50 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite 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

(octagon): 19.1 x 23.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.), irregular

It has the following markings

Verso, collector's stamp in blue ink: MB (no Lugt)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower left: Giaquinto 2

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child; Attributed to Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, 1703 - 1765); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper; (octagon): 19.1 x 23.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.), irregular; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8114

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