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Drawing, Design for a Painted Panel

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean-Guillaume Moitte. It is dated 1763 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and chinese ink, brush and sepia on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

39.7 × 10.7 cm (15 5/8 × 4 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Written in the bottom margin: "1763 a Paris." Printed in the top space of obverse, "Deux motifs d'arabesques/ executes/ par Moitte sculpteur/ en 1763."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painted Panel; Designed by Jean-Guillaume Moitte (French, 1746–1810); France; pen and chinese ink, brush and sepia on paper; 39.7 × 10.7 cm (15 5/8 × 4 3/16 in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-220-a

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