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Sketches of Figures by Battista Franco — VisualArtsDB

Sketches of Figures

Sketches of Figures

Battista Franco

1540–1560

Medium: Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper, tipped onto board
Dimensions: 25.6 × 15.9 cm (10 1/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingcolored inkbrown inkcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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