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Drawing, Design for an Overdoor

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Piat Joseph Sauvage. It is dated 1785-1790 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

11.4 × 13.9 cm (4 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: bottom part of escutcheon with horn over Gr (1)

It is signed

Reverse: written with pencil "6"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Overdoor; Designed by Piat Joseph Sauvage; Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper; 11.4 × 13.9 cm (4 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-508-a

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