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Design for a Painted Ceiling

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical format design for a painted ceiling. Within a cartouche topped by masks, a figure of a woman in drapery holding fruit or fluids; a putto supports a tray filled with flowers at right.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
17th–19th century
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and wash, black chalk on light brown paper
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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