Bishop Saint Blessing a Mother and Child, by Alessandro Casolani, 1575/1600
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Bishop Saint Blessing a Mother and Child

Alessandro Casolani (Italian, 1552/53-1607)

1575/1600

Medium
Red chalk, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Classification
Drawing and Watercolor
Dimensions
29.2 × 20.3 cm (11 1/2 × 8 in.)
Culture
Italy
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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