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Seated Boy

1555–92
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Seated Boy
  • Artist: Girolamo Macchietti (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1535–1592 Florence)
  • Date: 1555–92
  • Medium: Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk; framing outlines in pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: Overall: 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (17.2 x 13.7 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift and Rogers Fund, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.73
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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