Four Running Male Nudes (recto); Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist (verso)
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over traces of red chalk, on tan laid paper, edge mounted to cream laid paper (recto), and pen and brown ink with brush and blue and brown wash heightened with lead white on tan laid paper (verso)
Dimensions
30.5 × 21.1 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112597
About the Artist
Unknown
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