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Right Hand Study, for "Belshazzar's Feast" by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

Right Hand Study, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

Right Hand Study, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

Washington Allston

1821–1822

Medium: Graphite and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions: 19 x 18.7 cm (7 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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Tubal Confronting Shylock, from "Merchant of Venice"

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Tracing of Five Soldiers on a Hill, for "Gabriel Setting the Watch"

Tracing of Five Soldiers on a Hill, for "Gabriel Setting the Watch"

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Silenus and Fauns

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Drapery study, for "Lorenzo and Jessica"

Drapery study, for "Lorenzo and Jessica"

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Tracing of Two Figures Seated on a Hilltop, for "Gabriel Setting the Watch"

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Four Male Heads, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

Four Male Heads, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

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Horse-Drawn Carriage Attacked by a Man on Foot, from an ornamental fireplace

Horse-Drawn Carriage Attacked by a Man on Foot, from an ornamental fireplace

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Mensuration, Problem VI

Mensuration, Problem VI

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Left Arm Study

Left Arm Study

Washington Allston, 1805

Studies of Three Women and Two Children, for "Jason Returning..."

Studies of Three Women and Two Children, for "Jason Returning..."

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Foot, study for "Dead Man Revived..."; verso: Foot

Foot, study for "Dead Man Revived..."; verso: Foot

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Half-Length Portrait of a Woman; verso: Hand and Drapery Studies for "Rosalie"

Half-Length Portrait of a Woman; verso: Hand and Drapery Studies for "Rosalie"

Washington Allston, 1835