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Drawing, An Altar Lamp in the Family Chapel of the Honorati in the Cathedral in Jesi

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Luigi Valadier. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on white laid 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

52.2 x 36.5 cm (20 9/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

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Drawing, An Altar Lamp in the Family Chapel of the Honorati in the Cathedral in Jesi; Designed by Luigi Valadier (Italian, 1726 – 1785); France; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on white laid paper; 52.2 x 36.5 cm (20 9/16 x 14 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3259

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