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Drawing, Study for a Painting: The Glory of Saint Dominic

This is a Drawing. It was created by Giacomo Zampa. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

27.6 × 16.5 cm (10 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: perhaps VITTORIO over a stylized V

It is signed

Signed: Zampa

It is inscribed

On verso: 1742

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a Painting: The Glory of Saint Dominic; Giacomo Zampa (Italian, 1731 - 1808); Italy; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper; 27.6 × 16.5 cm (10 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-98

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