Niccolò Michetti
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Niccolò Michetti
-1759
The First "Macchina" for the Festa della Chinea of 1733
Pen and brown ink, with gray and brown wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in pen and brown ink.
15 13/16 x 14 15/16 inches (402 x 380 mm)
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.
1994.6:2
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in circle, surmounted by letter "V".
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Trinity Fine Art, London; acquired from Artemis Fine Arts Inc., London.
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Denison, Cara D., with contributions by Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bulow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, no. 32b, repr.
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