Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva

Leonardo Marini Italian

1780–90

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Title: Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva
Artist: Leonardo Marini (Italian, Piedmontese documented ca. 1730–after 1797)
Date: 1780–90
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with gray, blue, green and pink watercolor, over graphite or lead, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 17-3/8 x 12-3/8 in. (44.2 x 31.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
Object Number: 69.553
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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