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Young Man Looking Upwards with Outstretched Arms (recto); Woman Holding Mirror (verso) by Francesco Podesti

Young Man Looking Upwards with Outstretched Arms (recto); Woman Holding Mirror (verso)

Francesco Podesti · 1820

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Artist
Francesco Podesti
Date
1820
Medium
Graphite and black and white chalk with stumping (recto); pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black and white chalk (verso); on brown tinted wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
20.2 × 28.5 cm (8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Italy
Credit line
The Charles Deering Collection
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