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Drawing, Project for a tabernacle for the exposition of the monstrance with alternative suggestions

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1700–1725 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pencil, pen, ink, brush and gray water color on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 47.4 × 25.8 cm (18 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: escutcheon with three stars; above crown with a crescent on top

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a tabernacle for the exposition of the monstrance with alternative suggestions; Italy; pencil, pen, ink, brush and gray water color on paper; H x W: 47.4 × 25.8 cm (18 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2498

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