Project for a Statue: Woman Holding Book with Right Hand
1700s
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk and graphite, on cream laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper
10.9 × 7.6 cm (4.3 × 3 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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