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Drawing, Urn Design, after the Warwick Vase
This is a Drawing. It was created by Luigi Righetti. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on light blue laid 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.
- Urn
- tin-glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2017-20-3
Its dimensions are
46.6 x 34 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.) irregular dimensions Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
It is inscribed
In lower margin: scale in "Palmi Romani"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Urn Design, after the Warwick Vase; Luigi Righetti (Italian, 1780 - 1819); Italy; pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on light blue laid paper ; 46.6 x 34 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.) irregular dimensions Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5402
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
