A Seated Saint Reading from a Book, late 15th century, Brush and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized); horizontal lines in black chalk (?); pricked for transfer; outlines reinforced in brown ink, perhaps in the 15th or early 16th century., 10 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (26.1 x 16.2 cm), Drawings, Attributed to Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, ca. 1446–1497), The outlines of the figure of this majestic seated saint have been finely pricked with holes, which would have been dusted with charcoal in order to transfer the design to another surface below – a process known as pouncing
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Seated Saint Reading, Book, late 15th century, Brush, brown ink, wash, heightened, white, partly oxidized, horizontal lines, black chalk, pricked, transfer, outlines reinforced, perhaps, 15th, early 16th, 10 1/4 x 6 3/8, 26.1 16.2 cm, Drawings, Attributed to Francesco Botticini, Francesco di Giovanni, Italian, Florentine, ca., 1446–1497, outlines, figure, majestic seated, saint, finely pricked, holes, dusted, charcoal, order, design, another surface, –, process, pouncing
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