DrawingsItalian18th century

Design for a Wall Fresco

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wash, black chalk and white gouache, framing lines in red chalk (?), on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 13.2 x 40.9 cm (5 3/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

Provenance

From catalogue card: Purchased from H.M. Calmann, London, Dec. 1956.

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