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Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

ca. 1798
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy
  • Artist: Mauro Gandolfi (Italian, Bologna 1764–1834 Bologna)
  • Date: ca. 1798
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: 8 x 7 15/16 in. (20.3 x 20.2cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.130.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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