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1940

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Drawing, Design for One Floor of a Painted Facade

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Lazzaro Tavarone. It is dated 1580–1610 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on light brown paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

Its dimensions are

19.7 × 53 cm (7 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, verso: an/andrea fran[cesco]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for One Floor of a Painted Facade; Designed by Lazzaro Tavarone (Italian, 1556 - 1641); Italy; black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on light brown paper; 19.7 × 53 cm (7 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-44

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