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Drawing, Avila Chapel, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, design for plate 34 in "Disegni di vari altari e cappelle nelle chiese di Roma: con le loro facciate fianchi piante e misure de piu celebri architetti"

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Antonio Gherardi and published by Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi. It is dated ca. 1685 - 90 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown-gray wash, black chalk on white laid paper; verso toned for transfer . 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

29.5 x 17.8 cm (11 5/8 x 7 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Avila Chapel, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, design for plate 34 in "Disegni di vari altari e cappelle nelle chiese di Roma: con le loro facciate fianchi piante e misure de piu celebri architetti"; Architect: Antonio Gherardi (1644–1702); Published by Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi (Italian, 1627 - 1691); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown-gray wash, black chalk on white laid paper; verso toned for transfer ; 29.5 x 17.8 cm (11 5/8 x 7 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3405

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