Allegorical Figures of the Four Continents

Teodoro Viero Italian

1783

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Title: Allegorical Figures of the Four Continents
Artist: Teodoro Viero (Italian, Bassano 1740–1819 Venice)
Date: 1783
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (26.4 x 18.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Object Number: 59.654.13
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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