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Drawing, Reliquary in White Marble and Gilded Bronze
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Luigi Righetti. It is dated ca. 1825 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite, ruled border in pen and brown ink on light blue laid paper, laid down on white 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
46.2 × 34.5 cm (18 3/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermarks: escutcheon with horn above crown, Strasburg bend and lily
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, verso: Page 5 / leave paper
Cite this object as
Drawing, Reliquary in White Marble and Gilded Bronze; Designed by Luigi Righetti (Italian, 1780 - 1819); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite, ruled border in pen and brown ink on light blue laid paper, laid down on white paper ; 46.2 × 34.5 cm (18 3/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-607
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
