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Drawing, Stage Design, Nymphs Bathing in Grotto

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 34.5 × 24.4 cm (13 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed possibly in ink, verso: Brazioli 1780 [According to object card, in 19th-century handwriting]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Nymphs Bathing in Grotto; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on laid paper; H x W: 34.5 × 24.4 cm (13 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-169

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