Two alternative designs for a composition of Hagar, Ismael, and the Angel, with the artist’s iconographic notes on the subject matter (recto); Fragmentary composition with a reclining woman and a cropped seated figure (verso)

Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century Italian

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Two alternative designs for a composition of Hagar, Ismael, and the Angel, with the artist’s iconographic notes on the subject matter (recto); Fragmentary composition with a reclining woman and a cropped seated figure (verso), Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century, Pen and brown ink, over red chalk underdrawing, with some touches of brown ink wash in the sketch at left (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk underdrawing (verso)

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Two alternative designs for a composition of Hagar, Ismael, and the Angel, with the artist’s iconographic notes on the subject matter (recto); Fragmentary composition with a reclining woman and a cropped seated figure (verso), Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century, Pen and brown ink, over red chalk underdrawing, with some touches of brown ink wash in the sketch at left (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk underdrawing (verso)
Two alternative designs for a composition of Hagar, Ismael, and the Angel, with the artist’s iconographic notes on the subject matter (recto); Fragmentary composition with a reclining woman and a cropped seated figure (verso), Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century, Pen and brown ink, over red chalk underdrawing, with some touches of brown ink wash in the sketch at left (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk underdrawing (verso)

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