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Drawing, Sepulchral Monument for Melchiore Cesarotti, Professor in Padua

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated after 1795 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, on blued-white laid 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

22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d) Part of a watermark: a shell.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sepulchral Monument for Melchiore Cesarotti, Professor in Padua; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, on blued-white laid paper; 22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-278

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