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Design for a Painted Ceiling
Francesco Saverio Mergalo1770-1800
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Octagonal. A cupid sits upon clouds, raising with his right hand a burning heart. At right are two heads of cupis. Framed as a horzontal ovoid. Squared. On verso are accountings
Details
- Title: Design for a Painted Ceiling
- Creator: Francesco Saverio Mergolo
- Creator Lifespan: 1746/1786
- Date Created: 1770-1800
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Brush and black wash, black chalk on paper
- Signed: at left edge, partial of Mergolo's signature.
- Provenance: Giovanni Piancastelli collection; purchased from Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee
- Dimensions: 13.4 x 16.4 cm (5 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
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