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Drawing, Project for a Chimney Piece

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1550 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black crayon, pen and ink, brush and ink, bistre on 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

H x W: 28.5 × 13.5 cm (11 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Chimney Piece; black crayon, pen and ink, brush and ink, bistre on laid paper.; H x W: 28.5 × 13.5 cm (11 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2604

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