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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Study For The Head Of An Angel
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Study For The Head Of An Angel

Artist Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728-1779)
Date1758
MediumChalk | Paper
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (38.7 x 33.7 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Herman
Object number69.72.1
Terms
  • Angel
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Blue
On View
Not on view
DescriptionBlack chalk drawing on four sheets of joined grey-blue paper mounted on another sheet. The head of an angel looking up.

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