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Drawing, Stage Design: Vaulted Hall of a Palace

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Giuseppe Galli Bibiena. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, gray, brown, and green wash on paper, laid down. 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

31 × 44.6 cm (12 3/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design: Vaulted Hall of a Palace; Attributed to Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (Italian, 1696–1756); Italy; pen and brown ink, gray, brown, and green wash on paper, laid down; 31 × 44.6 cm (12 3/16 × 17 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-73

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