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Drawing, Design for a Painting: The Entombment of Christ

This is a drawing. It is dated 1700-1750 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is red crayon, pen and ink, brush and red wash 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

28.7 × 23.5 cm (11 5/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painting: The Entombment of Christ; Italy; red crayon, pen and ink, brush and red wash on paper; 28.7 × 23.5 cm (11 5/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-260

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