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Drawing, Design for a Ceiling (?) Painting with the Coat of Arms of Cardinal Francesco Maria de'Medici

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1690 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is lead point, pen and ink, brush and brown, black wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

19.3 × 25.5 cm (7 5/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Collector's stamp, lower left

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Ceiling (?) Painting with the Coat of Arms of Cardinal Francesco Maria de'Medici; Italy; lead point, pen and ink, brush and brown, black wash on paper; 19.3 × 25.5 cm (7 5/8 × 10 1/16 in.); 1908-11-4

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