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Drawing, Project for an altar

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pencil, pen, sepia, brush and grey water color 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

H x W: 32.9 × 27 cm (12 15/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Lily watermark in ovoid at top

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for an altar; Italy; pencil, pen, sepia, brush and grey water color on paper; H x W: 32.9 × 27 cm (12 15/16 × 10 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2574

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