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Kneeling Woman Shielding Two Children
Kneeling Woman Shielding Two Children

Kneeling Woman Shielding Two Children

Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian (Venetian), about 1518–1594)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
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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