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Drawing, Elevation of a Wall Decoration for a Canonization Ceremony, St. Peter's, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Luigi Vanvitelli. It is dated ca. 1745 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

25.5 × 25.6 cm (10 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink: Vanvitelli

Cite this object as

Drawing, Elevation of a Wall Decoration for a Canonization Ceremony, St. Peter's, Rome, Italy; Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian, 1700 – 1773); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper; 25.5 × 25.6 cm (10 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.); 1976-106-2

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