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Drawing, Sketches, Virgin and 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, graphite 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

Inscriptions in graphite and pen and ink, in latin, throughout

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches, Virgin and Child; Fortunato Duranti (Italian, 1787 - 1863); Italy; pen and ink, graphite on paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8342

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