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1938

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2007

2025

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Drawing, Design for Sculptured Decorations of Ceiling, 1650–75

This is a Drawing. It was created by Unknown. It is dated 1650–75 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and brown wash, pen and ink, graphite 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

39 x 28.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Sculptured Decorations of Ceiling, 1650–75; Unknown; Italy; brush and brown wash, pen and ink, graphite on paper; 39 x 28.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2509

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