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Drawing, Design for a Hemicycle, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Carlo Marchionni. It is dated 1753–63 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown, gray ink, brush and gray wash, graphite, on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

35.1 x 51 cm (13 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: Strasburg lily. Tracing mounted below drawing support; shows decorated shield with crown and scrolls at top, Strasburg lily in center, with letters WR below.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Hemicycle, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy; Architect: Carlo Marchionni (Italian, 1702–1786); Italy; pen and brown, gray ink, brush and gray wash, graphite, on cream laid paper; 35.1 x 51 cm (13 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.) ; Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2101

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