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Drawing, Stage Design: Fantastic garden of a Gothic cathedral

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1825 -1850 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite, brush and wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

15.2 × 25.6 cm (6 in. × 10 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: the J. Peoli stamp.

It is inscribed

Verso: Several attributions to Bibiena are written with pencil and ink respectively.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design: Fantastic garden of a Gothic cathedral; Italy; graphite, brush and wash on paper; 15.2 × 25.6 cm (6 in. × 10 1/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-84

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