Design for a Decorated Wall with Grottesque over Blue Background — Giuseppe Bernardino Bison. Design for a Decorated Wall with Grottesque over Blue Background, 1762–1844. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Design for a Decorated Wall with Grottesque over Blue Background

by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

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Artist: Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, Palmanova 1762–1844 Milan)
Date: 1762–1844
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and orange-gold, black wash with white gouache over traces of leadpoint on blue prepared paper
Dimensions: 6-1/8 x 11-7/16 in. (15.5 x 29 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, June 1966
Accession no.: 66.561

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