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Drawing, Sketch for a Wall Painting, Porch with a View in a Garden, ca. 1640

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1640 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and sepia 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: 10.8 × 20.9 cm (4 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, verso: al amalo miser. padre io u

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketch for a Wall Painting, Porch with a View in a Garden, ca. 1640; Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper; H x W: 10.8 × 20.9 cm (4 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-470

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