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Drawing, Design for a Painted Oblong Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Andrea Pazzi. It is dated 1700–25 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, black crayon on paper. 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

32.8 × 38.5 cm (12 15/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

The mark of the collector L.H. Phillippi, Lugt 1335 is applied into the uppermost bay, and at the back.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right edge: 3502; 7 (?); verso: 60

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painted Oblong Ceiling; Attributed to Andrea Pazzi (Italian, active 18th century); Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, black crayon on paper; 32.8 × 38.5 cm (12 15/16 × 15 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-37

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