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Drawing, Venus, design for a ceiling painting for the Teatro Argentina in Rome

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francesco Grandi. It is dated 1860–1861 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is crayon, carbon on blue 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

43.2 x 51 cm (17 in. x 20 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Venus, design for a ceiling painting for the Teatro Argentina in Rome; Francesco Grandi (Italian, 1831 - 1891); Italy; crayon, carbon on blue paper.; 43.2 x 51 cm (17 in. x 20 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7131

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