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Drawing, Reliquary with the Emtombment

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Pietro Belli. It is dated 1815–30 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brown, gray wash, over graphite, ruled borders in pen and brown support: white 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.

Its dimensions are

51.2 x 35.5 cm (20 3/16 x 14 in.) dims. vary Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)

It is inscribed

compass indications in graphite, center

Cite this object as

Drawing, Reliquary with the Emtombment; Attributed to Pietro Belli (Italian, 1780–1828); Italy; pen and brown ink, brown, gray wash, over graphite, ruled borders in pen and brown support: white laid paper; 51.2 x 35.5 cm (20 3/16 x 14 in.) dims. vary Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5861

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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