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Drawing, Project for a Fountain

This is a Drawing. It was created by Mario Asprucci The Younger. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper, lined. 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

30.2 x 47.4 cm (11 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

watermark: PM

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Fountain; Mario Asprucci The Younger (Italian, 1764 – 1804); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper, lined; 30.2 x 47.4 cm (11 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7171

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