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Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of 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

14 x 20 cm (5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on verso: Perseo cangia in sasso Fineo; on recto: Al Cittadino Felice Giani Pittore in Faenza, oppure al Caffe del Pié de Marmo in Roma

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Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper; 14 x 20 cm (5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1389

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