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Drawing, Stage Design: Two Palace Staircases

This is a Drawing. It was created by Domenico Scelzo. It is dated 1770–1780 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and bistre, brush and sepia wash on 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: 14 × 18.4 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed indistinctly: Dominicus Scelzo In [ven]tor

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design: Two Palace Staircases; Domenico Scelzo (Italian, active ca. 1775 - 1800); Italy; pen and bistre, brush and sepia wash on paper; H x W: 14 × 18.4 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-42

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