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Drawing, Design for a Grotesque Frieze

This is a Drawing. It was created by Filippo Marchionni. It is dated 1740–1775 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on cream 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

8.5 × 20.2 cm (3 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.8 × 35.3 cm (18 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

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Drawing, Design for a Grotesque Frieze; Filippo Marchionni (Italian, 1732–1805); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on cream laid paper; 8.5 × 20.2 cm (3 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.8 × 35.3 cm (18 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1224

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