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A Headpiece in the Form of a Fan, 1589/95. Engraving on ivory laid paper.
Engraving on ivory laid paper · Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 37 × 24.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- A Headpiece in the Form of a Fan
- Artist
- Agostino Carracci Italian, 1557-1602
- Date
- 1589/95
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 37 × 24.8 cm (14 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
- Credit line
- The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1557–1602
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.