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Allegorical Composition with Figures of Painting and Fame

1663–1716
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegorical Composition with Figures of Painting and Fame
  • Artist: Pietro Antonio de' Pietri (Italian, Cremia 1663–1716 Rome)
  • Date: 1663–1716
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over charcoal, on blue paper (recto); slight architectural sketches in red chalk (verso)
  • Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 1/16in. (27.6 x 20.4cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1972
  • Object Number: 1972.173
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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