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Drawing, Design for a Fountain in a Pavilion

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Carlo Francesco Barabino and designed by Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1785–90 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and brown, gray, and black wash, graphite on white laid paper, laid down. 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

32.5 × 19 cm (12 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Fountain in a Pavilion; Architect: Carlo Francesco Barabino (Italian, 1768 – 1835); Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; brush and brown, gray, and black wash, graphite on white laid paper, laid down; 32.5 × 19 cm (12 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2125

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