Reclining River God

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Artist: Luigi Garzi (Italian, Pistoia 1638–1721 Rome)
Date: 1638–1721
Medium: Black chalk, highlighted with white, on gray paper
Dimensions: 10 7/16 x 15 11/16in. (26.5 x 39.8cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
Accession no.: 61.215.1

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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019980
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Luigi Garzi
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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019982
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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019983

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.