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Drawing, Design for an Altar Painting, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Rosary from the Virgin and Child

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Fedele Fischetti. It is dated 1760–89 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brush and black ink, gray wash on off-white 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

35.5 x 23.3 cm (14 x 9 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and brown ink, lower left margin: Fedele e Fischetti

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right margin: Fedele Fischetti

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Altar Painting, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Rosary from the Virgin and Child; Designed by Fedele Fischetti (Italian, 1734 - 1789); Italy; pen and brush and black ink, gray wash on off-white laid paper; 35.5 x 23.3 cm (14 x 9 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6453

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