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Drawing, Frame for a member of the Braschi Family

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1780–1795 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper (two pieces of paper vertically stuck together), mounted. 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: 37.8 x 19.4 cm (14 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: circle with bird above triple mount, above is a small circle with symmetrical C's, below F; Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d and 457e)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Frame for a member of the Braschi Family; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper (two pieces of paper vertically stuck together), mounted; Image: 37.8 x 19.4 cm (14 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1892

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