DrawingsItalian18th century

Scene with Soldiers

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista CrosatoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over black chalk on antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26 x 40 cm (10 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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