Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Copy After Tiepolo's "The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra", Palazzo Labia, Venice, Italy
Object Number:
1935.85.2.113
Date:
c. 1875
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 7/16 in. (14.9 x 8.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper left, diagonally: "Copied this painting / some 30 years later"; at lower left: "Tiapolo[sic] in Palazzo Libia[sic] / Anthony and Cleopatra"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
