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Drawing, View of the Colosseum in Rome from the West, ca. 1650

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1650 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and blue wash on 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

21.4 × 29.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

The mark " F R" is impressed in the lower right corner.

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of the Colosseum in Rome from the West, ca. 1650; Italy; pen and ink, brush and blue wash on paper; 21.4 × 29.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-241

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