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Drawing, Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1578–1600 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is black chalk, brush and gray wash, white gouache, graphite on 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

22.3 x 32.5 cm (8 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in brown ink, verso: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution (Lugt 457e)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Ceiling; Italy; black chalk, brush and gray wash, white gouache, graphite on paper; 22.3 x 32.5 cm (8 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1604

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