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Young Man Reading by Parmigianino — VisualArtsDB

Young Man Reading

Young Man Reading

1530–1540

Medium: Pen and brown ink with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 13.8 × 16.4 cm (5 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteinkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingcolored inkbrown inkpaper (fiber product)

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