Allegory of Fecundity (?)

Gerard de Lairesse Dutch

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian

Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century Flemish

mid-17th–early 18th century

Not on view

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Title: Allegory of Fecundity (?)
Artist: Gerard de Lairesse (Dutch, Liège 1641–1711 Amsterdam)
Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
Artist: Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century
Date: mid-17th–early 18th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over red chalk; double framing lines in pen and brown ink (possibly by the artist)
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. (26 x 31.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2009
Object Number: 2009.199
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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