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Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1820–40 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and gouache, watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims.

Its dimensions are

32.2 x 25.8 cm (12 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling; Austria; brush and gouache, watercolor on paper; 32.2 x 25.8 cm (12 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims; 1940-120-65

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