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Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso)
  • Artist: Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano) (Italian, Volterra 1611–1690 Florence)
  • Date: 1650
  • Medium: Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on thick beige paper (recto); study for drapery in red chalk (verso)
  • Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 9/16in. (29.9 x 21.8cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.115
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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