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Allegory of Sculpture

1619
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegory of Sculpture
  • Artist: Johann Andreas Rauch (Swiss, active Wangen, ca. 1617–28)
  • Date: 1619
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white (partially oxidized), over black chalk; framing lines in pen and black ink
  • Dimensions: 6-5/8 x 4 in. (16.9 x 10.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Katrin Bellinger, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.41.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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