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Drawing, Design for a Fountain

This is a drawing. It is dated mid- 17th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash on off-white laid paper; verso: red crayon. 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

15.4 × 7.3 cm (6 1/16 × 2 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Fountain; Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash on off-white laid paper; verso: red crayon; 15.4 × 7.3 cm (6 1/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-553

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