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Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy

1724–25
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy
  • Artist: Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (Italian, Florence 1692–after 1768 Florence)
  • Date: 1724–25
  • Medium: Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, on pale rose washed paper; framing lines in pen and black ink
  • Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 14 1/8in. (25 x 35.9cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.153
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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