DrawingsItalian17th century

Saint Gregory and Saint Augustine

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink heightened with white gouache over red chalk on green-gray antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.4 × 14.8 cm (4 1/2 × 5 13/16 in.)

Provenance

[Todaro(?)] to Paul J. Sachs (by 1933), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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