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Drawing, Two Alternatives for an Entrance Portal

This is a Drawing. It was created by Filippo Juvarra and dedicatee: Pope Clement XI [Giovanni Francesco] Albani. It is dated 1708 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and grey and rose wash over black chalk on two attached sheets of 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

53.4 × 39.2 cm (21 in. × 15 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

watermark: double circle

It is signed

Signed and dated in lower margin, "A 30 Apr. 1708" / "Filippo Juvarra"

It is inscribed

Signed and dated in lower margin, "A 30 Apr. 1708" / "Filippo Juvarra"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Alternatives for an Entrance Portal; Filippo Juvarra (Italian, 1678 - 1736); Dedicatee: Pope Clement XI [Giovanni Francesco] Albani (Italian, 1649 – 1721); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and grey and rose wash over black chalk on two attached sheets of paper; 53.4 × 39.2 cm (21 in. × 15 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7300

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