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Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt
Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582–1647
- Artist
- Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian, Parma 1582–1647 Rome)
- Date
- 1582–1647
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper; architectural moldings above and below indicated in ruled black chalk lines
- Size
- sheet: 6 1/4 x 16 in. (15.9 x 40.6 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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