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Design for a Gilt Bronze Urn

ca. 1770–90
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Gilt Bronze Urn
  • Artist: George Heinrich von Kirn (German, 1736–1793)
  • Date: ca. 1770–90
  • Medium: Pen and black and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite underdrawing. Framing lines in pen and black ink.
  • Dimensions: 19 13/16 x 14 1/16 in. (50.3 x 35.7 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Raphael Esmerian, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.547.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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