Design for a Statue of Prudence with Sketches at Upper Left Corner — Giuseppe Bernardino Bison. Design for a Statue of Prudence with Sketches at Upper Left Corner, n.d.. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Design for a Statue of Prudence with Sketches at Upper Left Corner

by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

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Artist: Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, Palmanova 1762–1844 Milan)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/4 x 2 11/16 in. (13.4 x 6.9 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession no.: 49.19.54

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