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Kneeling Woman Shielding Two Children

Kneeling Woman Shielding Two Children

(Italian (Venetian), about 1518–1594)
late 16th century
Medium/TechniqueRed chalk heightened with white on light brown paper
DimensionsSheet: 16.9 x 14.2 cm (6 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw
Accession number94.91
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceGiuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863, Lugt 1223); Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1894, gift of Shaw to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 1894)
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