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Drawing, Altar
This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Angelo Michele Colonna. It is dated 1650–75 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, red, black chalk, brown wash on 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
Overall: 38.7 x 23cm (15 1/4 x 9 1/16in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at left Poi che/ io penso che/ o di morire/ agni mio pensie/ ro in meta/ [---]; inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: 21
Cite this object as
Drawing, Altar; Attributed to Angelo Michele Colonna (1600–1687); Italy; pen and brown ink, red, black chalk, brown wash on white laid paper; Overall: 38.7 x 23cm (15 1/4 x 9 1/16in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3581
