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1938

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Drawing, Study for an Overdoor Painting, Ariadne Viewing the Approach of Bacchus' Ship

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Marc Antonio Franceschini. It is dated 1707 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, 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

12.5 × 22.3 cm (4 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: two-pointed anchor in ovoid; above six-pointed star; below: F

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: 115

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for an Overdoor Painting, Ariadne Viewing the Approach of Bacchus' Ship; Designed by Marc Antonio Franceschini (Italian, 1648 – 1729); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper; 12.5 × 22.3 cm (4 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6434

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