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Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling
This is a Drawing. It was created by Francesco Saverio Mergolo. It is dated 1770–1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and black wash, black chalk 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
13.4 x 16.4 cm (5 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
It is signed
Signed in black chalk, left edge: partial of Mergolo's signature.
It is inscribed
Inscribed in black chalk, upper right: 115.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling; Francesco Saverio Mergolo (Italian, 1746–1786); Italy; brush and black wash, black chalk on paper; 13.4 x 16.4 cm (5 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6829
