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Putto Bending a Bow

Giorgione

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

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  • Title: Putto Bending a Bow
  • Creator: Giorgione
  • Date Created: 1477/78–1510
  • Physical Dimensions: 6-3/16 x 2-5/8 in. (15.7 x 6.6 cm) original sheet 9-5/16 x 6 in. (23.7 x 15.2 cm)
  • Type: Drawing
  • External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/338903
  • Medium: Red chalk. Original sheet, 15.7 x 6.6 cm.; this has been made up (almost certainly by Pierre-Jean Mariette) to a sheet 23.7 x 15.2 cm. on which a base and a surrounding niche for the putto have been indicated in pen and brown ink, red chalk and brush with red wash.
  • Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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