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Drawing, Design for a Candlestick
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Luigi Righetti. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow, brown-red watercolor, 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
26.5 × 13.7 cm (10 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: bird upon triple mount in circle, below "F"
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and ink, lower center: Palmi = 6 = di Altezza
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Candlestick; Designed by Luigi Righetti (Italian, 1780 - 1819); Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow, brown-red watercolor, graphite on paper; 26.5 × 13.7 cm (10 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-616