DrawingsItalian18th-19th century

Minerva Medica

18th-19th century

Artists

Pietro FontanaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on cream wove paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

46.3 x 28.8 cm (18 1/4 x 11 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, William Gray, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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