DrawingsItalian17th century

Ceiling Design

17th century

Artists

Pietro TestaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper toned overall with brown wash

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 35.8 x 41 cm (14 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Haldeman (deceased 2002), Brookline, MA and Jackson, MS, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, HUAM, 2002.

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