National Gallery of Art (US)

Allegory of Painting

1730s

Type: Drawing
Medium: pastel and red chalk on blue laid paper mounted on canvas (on strainer)
Dimensions: overall: 44.3 × 34.1 cm (17 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Credit: Samuel H. Kress Collection

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