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Drawing, Design for a Fireplace, Antinous Room, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Carlo Marchionni. It is dated 1755–57 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and grey, brown wash, graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

33.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Tracing mounted beneath drawing shows the Strasburg lily. Stamp in black ink, lower left, Lugt 457d: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Fireplace, Antinous Room, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy; Carlo Marchionni (Italian, 1702–1786); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and grey, brown wash, graphite on cream laid paper; 33.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1327

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