DrawingsItalian18th-19th century

Three Designs for Ceiling or Wall Painting in Neo-Classic Grottesche Style

18th-19th century

Artists

Giuseppe Bernardino BisonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, with accents of gouache, on cream wove paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 8.6 x 6.9 cm (3 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.82.A

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