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Beheading of a Female Saint by Unknown artist — VisualArtsDB

Beheading of a Female Saint

Beheading of a Female Saint

1600–1699

Medium: Pen and black ink, over traces of black chalk, on blue-gray laid paper, squared in black ink
Dimensions: 25.5 × 36.9 cm (10 1/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Genre: drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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squaring (transferring technique)drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk sticksinkprints and drawinginorganic materialcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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