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Drawing, Decoration of a Panel

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1775–90 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, lined. 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

24 x 10.6 cm (9 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: bird above triple mount, in circle; above "F" (RB'45) Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt 457d)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Decoration of a Panel; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, lined; 24 x 10.6 cm (9 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1443

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