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Drawing, Stage Design: A Royal Palace at the Seaside

This is a Drawing. It was after Giuseppe Galli Bibiena. It is dated mid- 18th century and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite 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

51.4 × 70.7 cm (20 1/4 × 27 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Strasburg lily, below beehive and C X I HONIG

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design: A Royal Palace at the Seaside; After Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (Italian, 1696–1756); Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper; 51.4 × 70.7 cm (20 1/4 × 27 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-5

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