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Drawing, Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Carlo Marchionni. It is dated ca. 1755 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray 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

34.6 x 24.3 cm (13 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: IV

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy; Designed by Carlo Marchionni (Italian, 1702–1786); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper; 34.6 x 24.3 cm (13 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2180

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