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Drawing, Fountain Basin

This is a Drawing. It was created by Domenico Piola. It is dated 1650–75 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white laid paper. 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

20 x 32.6 cm (7 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Pen and brown ink, upper left: 49

Cite this object as

Drawing, Fountain Basin; Domenico Piola (Italian, 1627 - 1703); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white laid paper; 20 x 32.6 cm (7 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1945-26-30

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