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Drawing, Two Children Embracing Each Other

This is a drawing. It is dated 1770–1800 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink on paper, mounted. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

8.7 × 9.6 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in the lower left corner of mounting paper: autore ignoto.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Children Embracing Each Other; Italy; pen and ink on paper, mounted; 8.7 × 9.6 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-59

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