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Drawing, Project for a Painted Frieze

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1775–1800 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor 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: 27 × 8.4 cm (10 5/8 × 3 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

In ink, at bottom: Bestra

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Painted Frieze; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; H x W: 27 × 8.4 cm (10 5/8 × 3 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-904

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