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Drawing, Design for a Silver Candlestick

This is a drawing. It was attributed to Vittorio Maria Bigari. It is dated 1725–40 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, ruled border in graphite support: 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

38.4 x 24.6 cm (15 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.) Mat: 91.4 x 71.1 cm (36 x 28 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Silver Candlestick; Attributed to Vittorio Maria Bigari (1692–1776); Italy; pen and brown ink, ruled border in graphite support: white laid paper; 38.4 x 24.6 cm (15 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.) Mat: 91.4 x 71.1 cm (36 x 28 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3214

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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