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Design for a Stage Set: Groin-Vaulted Stairway Leading to a Gallery with Another Stairway to a Second Story at Left (recto); Slight Sketch Traced Through from the Recto and Reworked (verso)

1698–1765
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  • Title: Design for a Stage Set: Groin-Vaulted Stairway Leading to a Gallery with Another Stairway to a Second Story at Left (recto); Slight Sketch Traced Through from the Recto and Reworked (verso)
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Natali III (Italian, Pontremoli, Tuscany 1698–1765 Naples)
  • Date: 1698–1765
  • Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush with brown and gray wash (recto); graphite or black chalk (verso)
  • Dimensions: 6-1/8 x 4-3/8 in. (15.6 x 11.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Ian Woodner Family Foundation Gift, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.605.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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