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Boy Reading by Guercino — VisualArtsDB

Boy Reading

Boy Reading

1611–1799

Medium: Red chalk, with stumping, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper
Dimensions: 46.8 × 38.5 cm (18 7/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
Genre: drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkchalk sticksprints and drawinginorganic materialstumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)red chalk

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