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Drawing, Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?)

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Pierino da Vinci and Luzio Romano. It is dated mid- 16th century and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

15.2 x 17.9 cm (5 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. )

It has the following markings

Watermark: anchor in circle (?), cut in half, Briquet 481; 1510-1514; (The watermark is an anchor inside a circle, typical of the geography and period; it is located at the lower left edge, upside down, and cut off at the upper quarter of the mark)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: Pierino; in upper right corner on mount: 58

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?); Attributed to Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528 – 1575), Pierino da Vinci (1530 – 1553); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid paper, lined; 15.2 x 17.9 cm (5 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. ); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1942-36-6

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