Isaiah Artist: Benedetto Luti (Italian, 1666-1724)

1716–18

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Black with red and white chalk, graphite and white lead (oxidized) on antique laid paper (black chalk appears to be a later addition)

Dimensions

15 1/4 × 11 3/8 in. (38.7 × 28.9 cm)

Credit Line

Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection anonymous gift

Accession Number

1930.209

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

17th–18th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
F. Abbot (L.. 970); J. Richardson, Jr. (L. 2170); R. Udney (L. 2248); Frederick Benjamin Kaye
Bibliography
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

Annotated with black chalk BL: "Luti"; and with pen and brown ink, reverse top: "Executed in crayons, this Single Figure, as Large as Life, at one End of the Geography Gallery in the Belvedere, Vatican"

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