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1940

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2025

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Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling, 1830–39

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Marco Capizucchi. It is dated 1830–39 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and gouache, gold, graphite on paper; verso: pen and ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

Its dimensions are

35.1 × 45.4 cm (13 13/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Written at the left edge, vertically, an affidavit of the Gonfaloniere F. Battagli that the drawing has been made by Capizzucchi. ONly the lowest part of the first line with the date is preserved: "Rimini 15 settembre..." Written below: "Sala di Conversaze. Felici." At the right edge, horizontally: "Disegno.../Giuseppe Cote de Sanctis."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling, 1830–39; Designed by Marco Capizucchi (Italian, 1784 - 1844); Italy; brush and gouache, gold, graphite on paper; verso: pen and ink; 35.1 × 45.4 cm (13 13/16 × 17 7/8 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-21

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