Study for a Tribute to Giorgio Vasari
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1781
name: label: Artist
content: Sante Pacini, Italian, 1735–1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Minerva dictating to Story, who writes "I STUR[ia]" in a book which the kneeling Saturnus holds on his black. A genius with two trumpets flies above. The setting is in a hall with a painter sitting upon a scaffolding and painting a fresco. Reverse: pen and chalk sketches of a man climbing a ladder and carrying a package on his head. Chalk outline of coffers of a ceiling.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-4417
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 49.7 x 33.4 cm (19 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.)