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Drawing, Ground Plan and Elevations of Theater Boxes, Probably for the Teatro del Versaro (later Morlacchi), Perugia, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1778 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid 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

46.6 x 38 cm (18 3/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457e)

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Drawing, Ground Plan and Elevations of Theater Boxes, Probably for the Teatro del Versaro (later Morlacchi), Perugia, Italy; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper; 46.6 x 38 cm (18 3/8 x 14 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-116

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