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Drawing, Two Apostles

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Luca Giordano. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is red chalk on cream laid 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

43.5 x 31 cm ( 17 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso lower right corner: [symbol for check mark]; in graphite, lower center: [illeg.] says L. Giordano

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Apostles; Designed by Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634 - 1705); Italy; red chalk on cream laid paper; 43.5 x 31 cm ( 17 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6549

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