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Drawing, Design for an Illustration: "Architecture"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Fedele Fischetti. It is dated 1760–89 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink . 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

10.1 x 6.8 cm (4 x 2 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stains in all margins

It is signed

Inscribed in graphite Fischetti; upper center

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink lower right corner Dr? 2 Stamp MB in blue lower left verso Verso pen black ink; decorative swag?

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Illustration: "Architecture"; Fedele Fischetti (Italian, 1734 - 1789); Italy; brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink ; 10.1 x 6.8 cm (4 x 2 11/16 in.) ; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6454

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