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Drawing, Ornament Design with Urn

This is a Drawing. It was created by Michel Angelo Pergolesi. It is dated 1777 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

Its dimensions are

48.3 × 34.3 cm (19 in. × 13 1/2 in.) Mount: 71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 in. × 20 in.)

It is signed

"1777 Pergolesi Deline. et Pinx Londini"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ornament Design with Urn; Michel Angelo Pergolesi (Italian, active ca. 1760–1801); pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper; 48.3 × 34.3 cm (19 in. × 13 1/2 in.) Mount: 71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 in. × 20 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1466

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