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Drawing, Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash 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.

Its dimensions are

Image: 58.2 x 35.4 cm (22 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.) Mat: 71.3 x 56 cm (28 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink on the shaft: LVIGI XVI At the lower right: non compres Scale at bottom.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper; Image: 58.2 x 35.4 cm (22 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.) Mat: 71.3 x 56 cm (28 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1287

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