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Drawing, Design for the Egyptian Room, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Ferdinando Fuga. It is dated ca. 1745 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray wash on 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.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, below scale: Scala di Palmi no Romani

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Drawing, Design for the Egyptian Room, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome, Italy; Designed by Ferdinando Fuga (Italian, 1699 - 1781); Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3374

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