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The Visitation

ca. 1649
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Visitation
  • Artist: Nicolas Mignard (French, Troyes 1606–1668 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1649
  • Medium: Graphite, red chalk, pen and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache; framing lines in pen and black ink
  • Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/8 x 10 13/16 in. (39 x 27.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Matthieu de Bayser, 2010
  • Object Number: 2010.233
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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