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Study for the Decoration of a Vault
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Study for the Decoration of a Vault

Carlo Alberto Baratta

1754–1815

Medium

Brush with gray wash and gouache, highlighted with white and traces of light yellow, partly over traces of black chalk, on blue-green prepared paper, now faded

Tags

RoofsSaint Anne

Dimensions

9 15/16 x 16 in. (25.3 x 40.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Lawrence Turčić, 1988

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Carlo Alberto Baratta

1754–1815 • Republic of Genoa

Italian, Genoa 1754–1815 Genoa

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