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Angel Supporting an Empty Shield by Jacob Backer — VisualArtsDB

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Angel Supporting an Empty Shield

Angel Supporting an Empty Shield

Angel Supporting an Empty Shield

1640–1645

Medium: Brown ink and touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: stray black ink marks
Dimensions: 25.6 x 19.3 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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