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1938

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2024

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Drawing, Design for a Mantelpiece

This is a Drawing. It was created by Pietro Camporese the Younger. It is dated 1830 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, watercolor, black chalk indications 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

Overall: 24.9 x 34.3cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/2in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: VANDER LEY

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Mantelpiece; Pietro Camporese the Younger (Italian, Roman, 1792–1873); Italy; pen and black ink, watercolor, black chalk indications on paper; Overall: 24.9 x 34.3cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/2in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4300

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