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Drawing, Elevation of a church
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1796 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (bistre) on lined 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
18.9 x 25 cm (7 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d and 457e)
It is inscribed
Caption: "questa e la bona/oggi o pagata la/moneta di Rame al Mase/Camillo Masimi dello Colonne/deputato del Monte della Pieta/bajocchi dodici a scude questo di 22 Aprile 1796" [This is the accepted version(?). Today I have paid to the Marquis Camillo Masimi della Colonne, deputy of the Monte della Pieta" (a leuding(?)-against-pawn-visitation(?)) 12 "bajocchi" for each "scudo" ni coffer coins (?). April 22, 1796."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Elevation of a church; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (bistre) on lined off-white laid paper; 18.9 x 25 cm (7 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1234
