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Drawing, Design for the Painted Decoration of a Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It was created by G. Albergotti. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is pen and dark ink, brush and watercolor, silverweight heightening on light green-gray paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

12.6 × 12.8 cm (4 15/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Painted Decoration of a Ceiling; G. Albergotti; Italy; pen and dark ink, brush and watercolor, silverweight heightening on light green-gray paper; 12.6 × 12.8 cm (4 15/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-5

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