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Drawing, Design for an altar for St. Anthony of Padua

This is a Drawing. It was created by Andrea Pozzo. It is dated 1685–1700 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pencil, pen and ink, brush, gray watercolor on 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

66 × 43.2 cm (26 × 17 in.) Mat: 91.4 × 71.1 cm (36 × 28 in.)

It is inscribed

Below: Scala di Palmi venti Romani; Lower left corner: Padre Pozzo lo fece

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an altar for St. Anthony of Padua; Andrea Pozzo (Italian, 1642–1709); pencil, pen and ink, brush, gray watercolor on paper; 66 × 43.2 cm (26 × 17 in.) Mat: 91.4 × 71.1 cm (36 × 28 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3463

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