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Drawing, Painted Wall Decoration

This is a Drawing. It was created by Mauro Gandolfi. It is dated 1800–1830 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper, squared in graphite and lined. 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

19.7 x 20.5 cm (7 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink by R. Liverani across bottom: Gandofi

Cite this object as

Drawing, Painted Wall Decoration; Mauro Gandolfi (Italian, 1764–1834); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper, squared in graphite and lined; 19.7 x 20.5 cm (7 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4355

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