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Drawing, Design for the Painted Decoration of a Wall

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1650-1675 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

14.4 × 27 cm (5 11/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Mark of the G. Peoli collection.

It is signed

In the center, above, is the signature, Carboncini.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Painted Decoration of a Wall; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper; 14.4 × 27 cm (5 11/16 × 10 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-93

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