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Design for a Tomb

1700–1773
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Tomb
  • Artist: Pietro Bracci (Italian, Rome 1700–1773 Rome)
  • Date: 1700–1773
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over traces of graphite
  • Dimensions: 15 5/8 x 10 9/16in. (39.7 x 26.8cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Florence and Carl Selden Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966

  • Object Number: 66.139.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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