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Drawing, Study of a Satyr Carrying a Sleeping Child

This is a Drawing. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is red chalk on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

29.8 × 19.8 cm (11 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: I. G. E.; Verso: Lower left edge, the blue mark of J. W. Nahl (lugt 1954).

It is inscribed

In pencil below: "de Buchan à Dresde, 12 Janv. 45."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of a Satyr Carrying a Sleeping Child; Germany; red chalk on paper; 29.8 × 19.8 cm (11 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-99

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