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Drawing, Design for Part of a Painted Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1850–60 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on cardboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

Its dimensions are

54.9 x 41.1 cm (21 5/8 x 16 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Blind stamp in the upper left: C N BULLS MOUNTING BOARD

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, lower left: No. 52; in graphite: Dell' Ageneni

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Part of a Painted Ceiling; Italy; brush and gouache, graphite on cardboard; 54.9 x 41.1 cm (21 5/8 x 16 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-18

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