DrawingsDutch18th century

Cow Facing Front

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

6.9 x 8.2 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in.) mount: 13.8 x 16.9 cm (5 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Benjamin Disraeli, London, possibly sold; to John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1881, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1892.

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