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1938

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Drawing, Design for the Grand Staircase at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy, 1751–56

This is a Drawing. It was workshop of Luigi Vanvitelli. It is dated 1751–56 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on laid paper; verso: graphite. 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

51.2 × 37.7 cm (20 3/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso lower margin: palmi del modello

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Grand Staircase at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy, 1751–56; Workshop of Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian, 1700 – 1773); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on laid paper; verso: graphite; 51.2 × 37.7 cm (20 3/16 × 14 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3913

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