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Pietà (Design for an Altar)

ca. 1590–1600
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pietà (Design for an Altar)
  • Artist: Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548–1628 Munich)
  • Date: ca. 1590–1600
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash
  • Dimensions: sheet: 10 x 5 7/16 in. (25.4 x 13.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2003
  • Object Number: 2003.509
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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