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Drawing, Design for a Catafalque

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. It is dated late 17th–mid- 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white 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

27.8 × 11.9 cm (10 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: A V.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Catafalque; Designed by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (Italian, 1678–1745); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper; 27.8 × 11.9 cm (10 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3457

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