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Drawing, Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Marc Antonio Franceschini. It is dated 1689–94 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and bistre, black wash, black chalk 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

41.3 × 29.2 cm (16 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and ink, lower margin: di me Marco Anto franceschini

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy; Designed by Marc Antonio Franceschini (Italian, 1648 – 1729); Italy; pen and ink, brush and bistre, black wash, black chalk on paper; 41.3 × 29.2 cm (16 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2458

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