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Drawing, Designs for Ceiling Decorations with Figural Sketch and Anecdote
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1746–1809 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
Image: 22.4 x 18.9 cm (8 13/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed, bottom left: Tesoriere Ruffo in / smania per una / can[a]zzola che / v[u]ole / il cane, e lui piens / di umanità / si presta / perchè resti / serita subbito [written "subboti' with corrections]
Cite this object as
Drawing, Designs for Ceiling Decorations with Figural Sketch and Anecdote; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper; Image: 22.4 x 18.9 cm (8 13/16 x 7 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1519
