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Drawing, Design for a gate, for the reception of Pope Pius VI returning from Germany, in Ancona

This is a Drawing. It was created by Filippo Marchionni. It is dated May 1782 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is graphite, brush and gray watercolor, pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Various Donors. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

26.3 x 18.2 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

watermark: anchor with C C beside the shaft in double oval; below: F; above illegible

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink: Portone che si potrebbe fare a piedi alla Torre sopra il / Fortino del Braccio; Scala di Palmi 30; Ancona 31. Maggio 1782.; Alli 6 Giovedi dell’entrante Giugno viene in Ancona / S. Sta. P. P. Pio VI, che torna da Vienna / Del cavre Filippo Marchionni

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a gate, for the reception of Pope Pius VI returning from Germany, in Ancona; Filippo Marchionni (Italian, 1732–1805); Italy; graphite, brush and gray watercolor, pen and ink on paper; 26.3 x 18.2 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2183

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