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Design for a Saltcellar
Giulio Romano1524–46
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Details
- Title: Design for a Saltcellar
- Creator: Giulio Romano
- Creator Lifespan: 1499/1546
- Date Created: 1524–46
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
- Provenance: From the Collection of J. Richardson St. (Lugt 2184); Earl Spencer (similar to Lugt 1531); Hippolyte Destailleur Collection, no. 62; sale, Paris, 19 May 1896; Leon Decloux, Severes.
- Paper Support: White laid paper
- Markings: Stamp of J. Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2184) very faint, in right bottom corner.Stamp of Earl Spencer, similar to Lugt 1531 written with ink on reverse "no 42".
- Exhibitions: New York - CHNDM, Disegno: Italian Renaissance Designs for the Decorative Arts, February 11 - May 18, 1997.New York, NY - CUM. "Five Centuries of Drawing." The Cooper Union Centennial Exhibition. Selected and arranged by The Cooper Union Museum, organized by The American Federation of Arts. November 11, 1959 - November 11, 1961.
- Dimensions: 7.2 x 14 cm (2 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
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