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Drawing, Elevation of an Altar Mensa

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1720–50 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. 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

35 × 69 cm (13 3/4 × 27 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Three watermarks: a symbol repeated twice; three crescents; stamp in black ink, upper left: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration; In both lower corners the collector's mark Lugt 2044: Carlo Prayer

It is inscribed

Inscribed in chalk, verso: Ritratti di fare

Cite this object as

Drawing, Elevation of an Altar Mensa; Italy; pen and ink on paper; 35 × 69 cm (13 3/4 × 27 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-41

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