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Drawing, Ornament Design with Vase

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.

  • Urn
  • tin-glazed earthenware.
  • Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
  • 2017-20-4

Its dimensions are

47.6 x 34 cm (18 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.) Mount(cm): 70 x 50.5 Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pink watercolor at lower margin: 1777; Pergolesi Deline. et Pinx: London Inscribed in brush and gray wash at upper right: 63

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ornament Design with Vase; Michel Angelo Pergolesi (Italian, active ca. 1760–1801); England; pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper; 47.6 x 34 cm (18 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.) Mount(cm): 70 x 50.5 Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1473

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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