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Drawing, Project for a Ceiling Fresco: Leda and the Swan, ca. 1775
This is a Drawing. It was created by Francesco Saverio Mergolo. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and grey wash, pen and brown ink, graphite 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
30.5 x 21.2 cm (12 in. x 8 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
watermark: Crown above three circles with S below. D in center
It is signed
Signed in pen and grey ink, center: Mergolo.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Project for a Ceiling Fresco: Leda and the Swan, ca. 1775; Francesco Saverio Mergolo (Italian, 1746–1786); Southern Italy; brush and grey wash, pen and brown ink, graphite on paper; 30.5 x 21.2 cm (12 in. x 8 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4381
