Charity

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Charity,

ca. 1689–96

Marcantonio Franceschini, Bologna 1648–1729 Bologna
x1985-109

Information

Title
Charity
Dates

ca. 1689–96

Maker
Marcantonio Franceschini
Medium
Red chalk and brush and watercolor on pendentive-shaped beige laid paper, squared in graphite, mounted down
Dimensions
44.5 × 32 cm. (17 1/2 × 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Rensselaer W. Lee, Class of 1922
Object Number
x1985-109
Signatures
Signed in pen and brown ink, lower center: di me Marco Anto Franceschini
Inscription
Inscribed recto, upper left, in brown ink: 26.); signed left center, in brown ink: di me Marco Anto Franceschini
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in double circle with letter P above
Culture
Italian
Type
drawings
Subject
women, figures (representations), clouds, putti, allegory

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