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Drawing, Sketch, Enthroned Figure with Figures Fighting over 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 ink, brush and sepia wash 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.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink throughout

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Drawing, Sketch, Enthroned Figure with Figures Fighting over Child; Fortunato Duranti (Italian, 1787 - 1863); Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8367

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