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1946

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Drawing, Project for the top of a painted frame of an altar

This is a Drawing. It was after Taddeo Zuccaro. It is dated ca. 1560 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is pen and ink. various water color washes; gold. varnished. pencil (added later). paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 21.9 × 44.4 cm (8 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp (Lugt 1507): on the verso.

It is inscribed

Inscribed on mount: Coll G.W. Reid

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for the top of a painted frame of an altar; After Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, 1529 - 1566); Italy; pen and ink. various water color washes; gold. varnished. pencil (added later). paper; H x W: 21.9 × 44.4 cm (8 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.); 1946-15-1

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