Anonymous, Italian: Moralizing Parables

Moralizing Parables: The Denial of Christian Virtue [?]

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Catalogue Number:
21

Artist:
Anonymous, Italian

Title:
Moralizing Parables: The Denial of Christian Virtue (?)

Work Type:
Drawing

Date:
16th Century

Culture:
Italian

Medium:
Black ink and chalk with washes on laid paper

Dimensions:
10 X 10 in.

Inscriptions & Annotations:
One annotation in the foreground and the second under the background arch (ink); Verso: Annotated 33 (graphite)

Watermark:
Circles gathered in the shape of a diamond

Condition:
Creased and folded, surface grime, staining, intact, stable

Credit Line:
Cornell College, Gift of Robert Sonnenschein II

Accession Year:
1951

Object Number:
1951.21

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