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Drawing, Ceiling of a Small Cabinet, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

This is a Drawing. It was created by Felice Giani. It is dated 1812 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk ruled lines on light greenish-beige 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

36.7 x 38.6 cm (14 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ceiling of a Small Cabinet, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome; Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk ruled lines on light greenish-beige wove paper; 36.7 x 38.6 cm (14 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3090

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