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Portrait study of an unidentified woman (possibly Fausta Mengarini Corte)
Portrait study of an unidentified woman (possibly Fausta Mengarini Corte)

Portrait study of an unidentified woman (possibly Fausta Mengarini Corte)

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of an unidentified woman (possibly Fausta Mengarini Corte)
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on light brown paper on board
Dimensions
17 x 11 /12 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[lower right of drawing on guidelines all in graphite]: Violet / Oakley; [below signature in red ink]: stamped monogram initials; [bottom left of drawing in graphite]: Fausta Menarini Corte [?]

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