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Drawing, Design for an Altar

This is a Drawing. It was possibly by Ferdinando Fuga. It is dated 1733 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite 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

33.2 × 30 cm (13 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: lily in double circle

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, upper right: Fianco; in graphite, lower left: 1733

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Altar; Possibly by Ferdinando Fuga (Italian, 1699 - 1781); Italy; pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper; 33.2 × 30 cm (13 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2615

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