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Drawing, Studies after Lunettes by

This is a Drawing. It was created by Felice Giani. It is dated 1814 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite on white 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

37.2 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed at bottom in pen and brown ink: 89 sopra le porte di s Petroni Opere del quattro cento bologna; in pen and brown ink, verso: 152/monumneto de 3 cento Bologna; in pen and brown ink, verso, on plaque held by a riband at the left: Forli/19 Giugno; on sarcophagus: 1814 LA

Cite this object as

Drawing, Studies after Lunettes by; Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite on white laid paper; 37.2 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2489

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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