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Design for a ceiling decoration
Draughtsman: Valeriani, Giuseppe
History note: From an album of drawings, chiefly by Giuseppe Valeriani, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, St Petersburg and Edmond Fatio, (mark not in Lugt), of Geneva; Sale, Geneva, Nicolas Rauch, S.A., 'Dessins Anciens particulièrement de l' Epoque Baroque', Collection Edmond Fatio, 3-4 June, 1959, lot. 241; bt. Colnaghi; bt. from the latter for 12 gns
Height: 204 mm
Width: 210 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1960-01) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Pen and watercolour over graphite on paper
Accession number: PD.2-1960
Primary reference Number: 7985
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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