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Design for a Lunette (Castor and Pollux?)

(Italian (Roman), 1596–1669)
about 1642–44
Medium/TechniquePen and dark brown (iron gall) ink over black chalk
DimensionsHeight x width: 9.9 x 14.8 cm (3 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit LineJoseph F. McCrindle Collection
Accession number2009.4225
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsGraphite on old hinge: "4045 McCrindle"
ProvenanceJoseph F. McCrindle; to Estate of Joseph F. McCrindle; by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)
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