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Drawing, Theater Curtain: View of a Classical Amphitheater, Marsigli-Rossi Theater, Bologna

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Antonio Giuseppe Basoli. It is dated 1808 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on 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.

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Drawing, Theater Curtain: View of a Classical Amphitheater, Marsigli-Rossi Theater, Bologna; Designed by Antonio Giuseppe Basoli (Italian, 1774–1843); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-86

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