This rare sketch is drawn with the point of a brush over a preliminary sketch in black chalk, and signed 'Jheronimus Bosshe' in faint black chalk in a style which suggests it is a signature. Part of a grant for 9 works.
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Title of artwork, date
The Entombment, 1450-1516
Date supported
1952
Medium and material
Brush, chalk
Dimensions
25 x 35 cm
Grant
2000
Total cost
2000
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