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Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Two Putti (recto); Study of the Same Figures (verso)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Two Putti (recto); Study of the Same Figures (verso)
  • Artist: Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano) (Italian, Volterra 1611–1690 Florence)
  • Date: 1642
  • Medium: Red chalk, brush and red wash, on beige paper (recto); faint red chalk sketches for the same group (verso)
  • Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 10 3/8in. (25.7 x 26.3cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.282
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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