Project for a Chapel in the Church of San Ciriaco, Ancona

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian, Naples 1700–1773 Caserta)
Date: 1700–1773
Medium: Pen and dark brown ink, over freehand graphite and ruled construction lines in graphite
Dimensions: 17 x 11-5/16 in. (43.2 x 28.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
Accession no.: 68.725.1

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