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Putto Seated on Clouds by Denys Calvaert — VisualArtsDB

Putto Seated on Clouds

Putto Seated on Clouds

1600–1612

Medium: Black chalk heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 19 × 14.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk stickswhite chalkprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)

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