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Drawing, Design for Grotesque Panel

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1650 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is graphite, 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.

  • Venus Plate
  • glazed earthenware, transfer-printed decoration.
  • Gift of Paul F. Walter.
  • 1993-64-3

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Its dimensions are

22.9 × 15.7 cm (9 × 6 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: crowned escutcheon with three six-pointed stars (2-1); the crown is not quite complete.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Panel; France & Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 22.9 × 15.7 cm (9 × 6 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-446

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