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Drawing, Project for a Painted Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1675–99 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Groundwork for a ceiling.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

13.4 × 21.3 cm (5 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Painted Ceiling; Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 13.4 × 21.3 cm (5 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1616

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