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Drawing, Ornament Design with Urn and Cameos

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

Mount: 71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 in. × 20 in.) Sheet: 48.3 × 34.3 cm (19 in. × 13 1/2 in.) Center Design Motif: 16.3 × 16.5 cm (6 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

It is signed

"1776. Pergolesi: Del: et Pinxit Londini"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ornament Design with Urn and Cameos; Michel Angelo Pergolesi (Italian, active ca. 1760–1801); pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper; Mount: 71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 in. × 20 in.) Sheet: 48.3 × 34.3 cm (19 in. × 13 1/2 in.) Center Design Motif: 16.3 × 16.5 cm (6 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1464

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