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Drawing, Design for a Fountain for the Palazzo Corsini, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Ferdinando Fuga. It is dated ca. 1743 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, traces of graphite on off-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

45.9 × 36 cm (18 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: a lily in a circle

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Fountain for the Palazzo Corsini, Rome, Italy; Designed by Ferdinando Fuga (Italian, 1699 - 1781); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper; 45.9 × 36 cm (18 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-400

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