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Drawing, Design for a brooch

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor 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: 11 × 8.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a brooch; Designed by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi (Italian, active 1762 - 1794); Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; H x W: 11 × 8.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-934

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