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A Frieze Portraying a Music Party

1512–71
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Frieze Portraying a Music Party
  • Artist: Niccolò dell' Abate (Italian, Modena 1509–1571 Fontainebleau (?)) , circle of
  • Date: 1512–71
  • Medium: Red chalk
  • Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 10 1/2in. (17.1 x 26.7cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.375
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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