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Drawing of a Decorated Coat of Arms surrounded by Books, Owl, Leaves, Vase and a Snake

Carlo Bianconi

1732–1802

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink

Tags

BooksOwlsSnakesLeavesCoat of Arms

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 4 13/16 in. (11.5 x 12.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Carlo Bianconi

1732–1802

Italian scholar and archivist; first secretary of the Reale accademia di Brera. Comment on works: painter; sculptor

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