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Drawing, Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably the Muses

This is a Drawing. It was created by Pietro Antonio Novelli. It is dated 1750–1790 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite, pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

7.8 × 11 cm (3 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Written below at left with another ink: P. A. Dovelli dis.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably the Muses; Pietro Antonio Novelli (Italian, 1728 - 1804); Italy; graphite, pen and ink on paper; 7.8 × 11 cm (3 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-11

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