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Drawing, Christ and the Adulterous Woman

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francesco Saverio Mergolo. It is dated 1750–60 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

34.6 x 25 cm (13 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: Francus Xaverius Mergolo F.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Christ and the Adulterous Woman; Francesco Saverio Mergolo (Italian, 1746–1786); Italy; brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, graphite on paper; 34.6 x 25 cm (13 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4379

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