Architectural ElementsItalian19th-20th century
Transenna Relief with Animal Motif in Eight Compartments
19th-20th century
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
52 x 119.5 x 3.7 cm (20 1/2 x 47 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[Paul Cassirer Gallery, Rome], sold; to The Honorable and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D.C., gift; to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1940, transferred; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965
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