A Seated and a Praying Monk
A Seated and a Praying Monk
A Seated and a Praying Monk
A Seated and a Praying Monk

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A Seated and a Praying Monk

Alessandro Magnasco, Italian, 1667–1749
x1959-38

Information

Title
A Seated and a Praying Monk
Maker
Alessandro Magnasco
Medium
Brush and brown and gray wash heightened with white over black chalk on buff paper
Dimensions
31.2 x 22.1 cm. (12 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock
Object Number
x1959-38
Inscription
Upper left: H.12; upper left verso: M. soldi 30, both in pen and brown ink
Reference Numbers
Gibbons 413
Culture
Italian
Type
drawings
Subject
monks, crosses (objects), sitting, men

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