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Drawing, Plan of the Casino and Gardens of Giovenazzo

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Unknown. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, gray wash support: 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

44 x 34.1 cm (17 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

It is inscribed

in pen and brown ink on ribbon at top: PIANTA del CASINO e GIARDINO de GIOVENAZZO

Cite this object as

Drawing, Plan of the Casino and Gardens of Giovenazzo; Architect: Unknown (Italian); Italy; pen and brown ink, gray wash support: white laid paper; 44 x 34.1 cm (17 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3776

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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