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Head of Child by Carlo Maratti — VisualArtsDB

Head of Child

Head of Child

1645–1713

Medium: Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 30.5 × 23.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkchalk stickswhite chalkprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)red chalk

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