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Drawing, Elevation of an Altar

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1700–1730 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen, brown ink, and graphite with brown, grayand pink 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.

Its dimensions are

Mat: 21 × 13.7 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscription in lower left in granite: Piancastelli

Cite this object as

Drawing, Elevation of an Altar; Italy; pen, brown ink, and graphite with brown, grayand pink wash on white laid paper.; Mat: 21 × 13.7 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2556

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