Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 9.7 x 6.8 cm (3 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 17.5 x 14.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Baron Chiaramonte Bordonaro, Palermo (according to departmental card). [Baskett and Day, 1971] (according to departmental card). [Herbert N. Bier] (according to departmental card)
Medium: brush and brown wash and red chalk (extended with brush and water in places)
Inscriptions: recto: SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: F[ran?] Francia
verso: across top and center, in brown ink: si lacha e nero e questo si fa [illegible] / inte nerire, ci lumi poi si / rischiara la tinta da cham[illegible] / hon quasi niente di R[a?]ch[i?] / [l?]a tinta di nero [se?]ra rosa / quo[illegible] niente di lacha
Department: Drawings
Culture: Italy, Ferrarese, 16th century
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: DR - Italian
Accession Number: 1980.195
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