Design for a Ceiling: Allegories of the Four Continents

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini Italian

1725

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Title: Design for a Ceiling: Allegories of the Four Continents
Artist: Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, Venice 1675–1741 Venice)
Date: 1725
Medium: Brush and gray wash, over graphite or lead; framing lines in pen and black ink; four sections of paper, two center parts joined together
Dimensions: 57-5/16 x 20-9/16 in. (145.6 x 52.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Object Number: 59.208.107
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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