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Design for the End Pier of a Table

1537–91
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for the End Pier of a Table
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Naldini (Italian, Florence 1535–1591 Florence)
  • Date: 1537–91
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 8 3/16 in. (21.6 × 20.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
  • Object Number: 1971.513.94
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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