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Praying Magdalene by Carlo Cignani — VisualArtsDB

Praying Magdalene

Praying Magdalene

1670–1679

Medium: Red chalk, with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on pale blue laid paper
Dimensions: 17.7 × 20.2 cm (7 × 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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