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Drawing, Four gateways
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1780–1790 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on 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
Image: 19.6 x 27.1 cm (7 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: Lily in oval over B Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457e)
It is inscribed
Inscriptions: Portone di/Palazzo; Porta di un' Arsenale o di Carcere; porta di/ un' quartiere; porta di un' Casino di citta/ e di vinga, di un' Particolare Right bottom corner: S-3 Alternate transcription of inscription on catalogue card.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Four gateways; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper; Image: 19.6 x 27.1 cm (7 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1696
