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Drawing, Stage Design, Council Room in Two Gothic Styles

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Romolo Achille Liverani and after Alessandro Sanquirico. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on wove 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

H x W: 18.1 × 24.4 cm (7 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, pen and brown ink, verso: Atrio che mette al Tempio / degli Spedaglieri o la Straniera. 2 Tempio Gottico (Vestibule which leads to the church of the Knights of Malta in "The Foreign Woman." 2 Gothic church.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Council Room in Two Gothic Styles; Designed by Romolo Achille Liverani (Italian, 1809 - 1872); After Alessandro Sanquirico (Italian, 1777 - 1849); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on wove paper; H x W: 18.1 × 24.4 cm (7 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-272

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