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, over graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 12.8 x 8.6 cm (5 1/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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