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Drawing, Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Sculpture; Verso: Geometric Designs

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1811 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and bistre wash over traces of black chalk on off-white wove 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

15.1 x 19.7 cm (5 15/16 x 7 3/4 in. )

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, below left image: fabriche sul Reno Bologna; below right image: la marcanzia Gotico belissimo Bologna; lower left corner: 64.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Sculpture; Verso: Geometric Designs; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and bistre wash over traces of black chalk on off-white wove paper; 15.1 x 19.7 cm (5 15/16 x 7 3/4 in. ); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1376

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