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Drawing, Design for an Agraffe

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Girolamo Venturi. It is dated ca. 1742 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia 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

11 x 10.7 cm (4 5/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on verso, in ink: o n:o 53 Pe:d no:

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Agraffe; Designed by Girolamo Venturi; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper; 11 x 10.7 cm (4 5/16 x 4 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-992

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