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Drawing, Design for Medallion Portrait of Mauro Tesi, Surrounded by Architectural Ornaments, Frontispiece to the "Raccolta Di Disegni Originali Di Mauro Tesi..."
This is a Drawing. It was created by Count Cesare Massimiliano Cini and dedicatee: Mauro Antonio Tesi. It is dated 1787 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite and black chalk on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on brown kraft 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
11.2 x 17.7 cm (4 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for Medallion Portrait of Mauro Tesi, Surrounded by Architectural Ornaments, Frontispiece to the "Raccolta Di Disegni Originali Di Mauro Tesi..."; Count Cesare Massimiliano Cini; Dedicatee: Mauro Antonio Tesi (Italian, 1730 - 1766); Italy; graphite and black chalk on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on brown kraft paper; 11.2 x 17.7 cm (4 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2966