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1938

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Drawing, Design for a Tondo with Escutcheon

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Niccolo Trometta. It is dated 1566–78 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache over traces of black chalk on blue 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

26.7 x 25.6 cm (10 1/2 x 10 1/12 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Tondo with Escutcheon; Designed by Niccolò Martinelli (Italian, active 1565 - 1620); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache over traces of black chalk on blue laid paper; 26.7 x 25.6 cm (10 1/2 x 10 1/12 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6895

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