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Drawing, Design for Two Statues, Spring and Summer

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pietro Belli. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and 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

8.3 × 16.3 cm (3 1/4 × 6 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: ovoid with anchor, above six-pointed star

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, lower left: Primavera; in pen and ink, lower right: Estate

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Two Statues, Spring and Summer; Designed by Pietro Belli (Italian, 1780–1828); Italy; pen and ink, graphite on paper; 8.3 × 16.3 cm (3 1/4 × 6 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-662

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