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Drawing, Pedestal of a pilar
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 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: 25.5 x 19.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: bird above triple mount, and G A in circle, below S, above F; Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d and 457e) Watermark: bird above triple mount, and "G A" in circle, below "S", above "F" (RB'45)
It is inscribed
On projecting band: PIVS. VI. P. M.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Pedestal of a pilar; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper; Image: 25.5 x 19.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1795
