Album of Counterproofs (A Number Reworked Freehand) of Red Chalk Drawings after Polidoro da Caravaggio's Roman Facade Frescoes and Annibale Caracci's Frescoes in the Camerino Farnese
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- Title: Album of Counterproofs (A Number Reworked Freehand) of Red Chalk Drawings after Polidoro da Caravaggio's Roman Facade Frescoes and Annibale Caracci's Frescoes in the Camerino Farnese
- Artist: Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (Italian, Florence, 1615 or 1618–after 1669)
- Date: 1650–69
- Medium: Red chalk counterproofs; many reworked with pen and brown ink or black chalk or graphite; some reworked freehand with red chalk; with five engravings facing the corresponding design counterproof on pages 29, 30, and 36; framing outlines in pen and brown ink
- Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/8 x 11 1/4 x 3/4 in. (41 x 28.5 x 1.9 cm)
See Description field for individual dimensions. - Classifications: Albums, Drawings
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.19.41
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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