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Drawing, Stage Design for Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Angelo Toselli. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink 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

H x W: 20.6 × 29.6 cm (8 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, bottom center: Reggia di Semiramida in Egitto (Palace of Semiramis in Egypt)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design for Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini; Attributed to Angelo Toselli (ca. 1765? – 1826); Italy; pen and ink on paper; H x W: 20.6 × 29.6 cm (8 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-416

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