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Drawing, Ornament Design, Urns and Cameo with Sacrifice to Jupiter Ammon

This is a Drawing. It was created by Michel Angelo Pergolesi. It is dated 1776 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

Its dimensions are

48.3 × 34.3 cm (19 in. × 13 1/2 in.) Mount: 71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 in. × 20 in.) Left and Right Design Motifs Each: 17.1 × 10.2 cm (6 3/4 in. × 4 in.) Center Design Motif: 29.2 × 12.7 cm (11 1/2 in. × 5 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ornament Design, Urns and Cameo with Sacrifice to Jupiter Ammon; Michel Angelo Pergolesi (Italian, active ca. 1760–1801); pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper; 48.3 × 34.3 cm (19 in. × 13 1/2 in.) Mount: 71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 in. × 20 in.) Left and Right Design Motifs Each: 17.1 × 10.2 cm (6 3/4 in. × 4 in.) Center Design Motif: 29.2 × 12.7 cm (11 1/2 in. × 5 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1450

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