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Drawing, Two Designs for Statues: Putto with Cock, Friendship and Fidelity

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pietro Belli. It is dated mid- 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, graphite on paper; verso: graphite. 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

17.4 × 26 cm (6 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, center left: Amicizia; in pen and ink, center left: Fidelitas

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Designs for Statues: Putto with Cock, Friendship and Fidelity; Designed by Pietro Belli (Italian, 1780–1828); Italy; pen and ink, graphite on paper; verso: graphite; 17.4 × 26 cm (6 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-663

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