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Saint Appearing to Sleeping Monk by Unknown Italian — VisualArtsDB

Saint Appearing to Sleeping Monk

Saint Appearing to Sleeping Monk

Unknown Italian

1600–1699

Medium: Red chalk on tan laid paper
Dimensions: 36 × 23.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkchalk sticksprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)red chalk

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