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Drawing, Design for an Andiron
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Luigi Righetti. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and yellow, brown watercolor, graphite on light blue 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
31.1 × 21.9 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: [V]ANDER LEY and Strasburg bend and lily, bending to the left
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and ink, upper center: Sacerdotessa, o Sia Vestale La quale / avea cura di mantenere sempre vivo il fuoco / per fare Sagrefici motivo per cui posa sopra / L'ara mostrando vigilanza; in pen and ink, below the drawing: H; in pen and ink, below the scale: Scala di palmi dui passetto Romano; in pen and ink, verso, below the scale: pal 1 X 5 / alto S 8 / Stinge alta S 9
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for an Andiron; Designed by Luigi Righetti (Italian, 1780 - 1819); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and yellow, brown watercolor, graphite on light blue paper; 31.1 × 21.9 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-631
