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Drawing, Design for a Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Luzio Romano. It is dated 1550–75 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk . 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

14.6 x 17.5 cm (5 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 22.9 cm (14 x 9 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Ceiling; Attributed to Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528 – 1575); Italy; pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk ; 14.6 x 17.5 cm (5 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 22.9 cm (14 x 9 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2430

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