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Drawing, Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, with Nymphs, Centaurs, Stags, and Elephants

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Unknown. It is dated ca. 1785 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and colored inks, brush and watercolor, guache, over traces of graphite 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

27.7 x 38.4 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

watermark: a shield

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, with Nymphs, Centaurs, Stags, and Elephants; Architect: Unknown (Italian); Italy; pen and colored inks, brush and watercolor, guache, over traces of graphite on paper; 27.7 x 38.4 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4830

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