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Drawing, Designs for Roman Arms and Other Classical Motifs

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Romolo Achille Liverani. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and bistre wash, gray watercolor, graphite 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 20.7 × 32.9 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: Sala nel Ballo L'Ombra d'un Vivo atto Secondo al Teatro Caruno; in graphite, verso: Sala Ballo atto L'ombra d'un vivo

Cite this object as

Drawing, Designs for Roman Arms and Other Classical Motifs; Designed by Romolo Achille Liverani (Italian, 1809 - 1872); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and bistre wash, gray watercolor, graphite on paper; H x W: 20.7 × 32.9 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-515

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