Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs

Giorgio Vasari Italian

1511–74

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Title: Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs
Artist: Giorgio Vasari (Italian, Arezzo 1511–1574 Florence) , workshop of
Date: 1511–74
Medium: Pen with medium and dark brown ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over graphite. Traces of framing outlines in pen with brown and black ink
Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (38.6 x 25 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.597.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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