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Drawing, Sketches for wall paintings: Arts and Sciences

This is a drawing. It was created by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison and collected by Giovanni Piancastelli. It is dated 1800–1825 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

28.4 x 20.3 cm (11 3/16 in. x 8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: blossom with six leaves on a stem beside G and B

It is inscribed

Center right: Pittura e Poesia/ Scultura e architettura/ Matematica e Astronomia

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches for wall paintings: Arts and Sciences; Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762 - 1844); Collected by Giovanni Piancastelli (Italian, 1845–1926); Italy; pen and ink on paper; 28.4 x 20.3 cm (11 3/16 in. x 8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1899

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