A draughtsman
A draughtsman is a print in engraving, made ca. 1846 by Paolo Toschi (Italian, Parma 1788–1854 Parma). It is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in the Drawings and Prints collection, accession 35.85.20. It entered that collection as Gift of Lucy Chauncey, in memory of her father, Henry Chauncey, 1935. It measures ; Sheet: 30 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (76.8 × 54.6 cm); Plate: 17 5/16 × 11 15/16 in. (44 × 30.4 cm).
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What the sources state
• Accession number: 35.85.20 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Maker: Paolo Toschi (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Maker's dates: Italian, Parma 1788–1854 Parma (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Acquired: Gift of Lucy Chauncey, in memory of her father, Henry Chauncey, 1935 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Made: about 1846 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Collection: Drawings and Prints (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Dimensions: Sheet: 30 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (76.8 × 54.6 cm)
Plate: 17 5/16 × 11 15/16 in. (44 × 30.4 cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Medium: Engraving (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Object: Print (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Held by: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
• Title: Two putti, with a female figure holding a cornucopia in the lunette below, from "Di Tutti gli Affresco del Correggio e di Quattro del Parmigianino" (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman)
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Museum record · Institutional or primary · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 625315, consulted for A draughtsman
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