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Drawing, Grandiose building with domed central block and projecting wings

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. We acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. 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

Image: 13.9 x 27.9 cm (5 1/2 x 11 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457e)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Grandiose building with domed central block and projecting wings; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; Image: 13.9 x 27.9 cm (5 1/2 x 11 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8633

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