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Drawing, Stage Design: Palace in Clouds

This is a Drawing. It was created by Girolamo Fontana. It is dated 1690–1714 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray-blue wash on 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

52.3 x 56 cm (20 9/16 x 22 1/16 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.)

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Drawing, Stage Design: Palace in Clouds; Girolamo Fontana (Italy); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray-blue wash on white laid paper; 52.3 x 56 cm (20 9/16 x 22 1/16 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-24

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