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1938

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Drawing, View of a villa

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1788-1790 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined 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

19.7 x 27.3 cm (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Right top corner, vertically: "6."

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of a villa; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper; 19.7 x 27.3 cm (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1248

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