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1938

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Drawing, Three capitals of pillars, with alternative suggestions

This is a Drawing. It was possibly by Filippo Marchionni. It is dated 1780–1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite 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

42.4 x 24.3 cm (16 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in upper right: 104, corrected into 174, and 10

Cite this object as

Drawing, Three capitals of pillars, with alternative suggestions; Possibly by Filippo Marchionni (Italian, 1732–1805); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper; 42.4 x 24.3 cm (16 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4611

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