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Drawing, Proposed Elevation, Section, and Plan for the Facade of San Giovanni, Laterano, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Andrea Pozzo. It is dated 1699–1700 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white wove paper, joined vertically at center. 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

47.9 x 74.4 cm (18 7/8 x 29 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed by a modern hand in graphite, verso: Architettura

Cite this object as

Drawing, Proposed Elevation, Section, and Plan for the Facade of San Giovanni, Laterano, Rome, Italy; Andrea Pozzo (Italian, 1642–1709); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white wove paper, joined vertically at center; 47.9 x 74.4 cm (18 7/8 x 29 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3504

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