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1938

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2004

2023

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Drawing, Triumphal Arch on an Ideal Piazza

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Gaetano Frizzati. It is dated 1807 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and blue, green and yellow watercolor on cardboard. 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.

  • Object ID #18171131
  • pen and black ink, brush and gray, green wash, watercolor, graphite on white....
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
  • 1911-28-282

Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Object ID #18540895
  • pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper, lined .
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
  • 1938-88-3388

Its dimensions are

50.5 x 46.3 cm (19 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on the verso at the upper left: FRANCESCO SANTINI PROFESS. DI PROSPET: / LI 19 FEBRAIO 1807. / B= / GAETANO FRIZZANTI BOLOGNESSE FECE LI 30 APRILE 1807

Cite this object as

Drawing, Triumphal Arch on an Ideal Piazza; Architect: Gaetano Frizzati (Italian); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and blue, green and yellow watercolor on cardboard; 50.5 x 46.3 cm (19 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4138

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