Brigands: Design for an Engraving

Domenico Maria Fratta Italian

Former Attribution Anonymous, Italian, 18th century Italian

18th century

Not on view

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Title: Brigands: Design for an Engraving
Artist: Domenico Maria Fratta (Italian, Bologna 1696–1763 Bologna)
Former Attribution: Anonymous, Italian, 18th century
Date: 18th century
Medium: Black chalk
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4in. (28.6 x 22.2cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Object Number: 80.3.306
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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