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Standing Figure of Saint Stephen and the Head of Another Figure Within the Framing Outlines of a Rectangle, Crude Sketch of the Head of Another Figure, Undecipherable Sketch of a Polygonal or Circular Object with Small Projections

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Standing Figure of Saint Stephen and the Head of Another Figure Within the Framing Outlines of a Rectangle, Crude Sketch of the Head of Another Figure, Undecipherable Sketch of a Polygonal or Circular Object with Small Projections

Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico Bigordi)  (Italian, Florence 1448/49–1494 Florence)

Date:
1480–94
Medium:
Pen and brown ink; leadpoint or soft black chalk
Dimensions:
11-7/16 x 8-7/16 in. (29.0 x 21.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Accession Number:
1972.118.11

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Partly undecipherable inscriptions in leadpoint most probably by the artist or a member of his workshop at right of center. Annotated in graphite at lower left corner, 15th cent / Saint Steven; at lower right corner, 99.

  • Provenance

    Unidentified Neapolitan collector?, Paolo de' Matteis (Italian, 1662 - 1728)at lower right.; Walter C. Baker, New York; Donor: Walter C. Baker

  • References

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Walter C. Baker Collection of Drawings The Metropolitan Museum of Art. June - September. 1960.

    Claus Virch Master Drawings in the Collection of Walter C. Baker. New York, 1962, cat. no. 5, p. 16.

    Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1982, cat. no. 96, fig. no. 96, pp. 104-05, ill.



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