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Drawing, Ceiling Design with Apollo

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink 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

38.9 x 24.6 cm (15 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: A.Vacarro

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ceiling Design with Apollo; Designed by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (Italian, 1678–1745); Italy; pen and brown ink on paper; 38.9 x 24.6 cm (15 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8107

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