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Drawing, Virgin and Child with Saints

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Mellin. It is dated 1620–49 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash over sanguine traces on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

26.1 x 13.2 cm (10 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, lower right: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution (Lugt 457d)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Virgin and Child with Saints; Charles Mellin (1620–1649); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash over sanguine traces on laid paper; 26.1 x 13.2 cm (10 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1565

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