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Drawing, Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival Float
This is a Drawing. It was created by Giulio Romano. It is dated 1533 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid 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 An Ornate Boat with a Mysterious Purpose.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
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Its dimensions are
35.2 x 30.1 cm (13 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: anchor in ovoid, topped by a five-lobed leaf over 3C (RB '45).
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, verso: Les Dessins taient coll s emplein sur un carton, on les a d colles / en conservant l'entourage de Mariette
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival Float; Giulio Romano (Italian, 1499–1546); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper; 35.2 x 30.1 cm (13 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-169
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Hewitt Sisters Collect and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.