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Fantastic Monument

(Italian, 1720–1778)
1747–50
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink and wash over black and red chalk
DimensionsSheet: 15.4 x 21.7 cm (6 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Timothy Leary
Accession numberM26426
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
Provenance1917, gift of Dr. Timothy Leary to the MFA.
Monumental Facade
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
about 1747–50
Triumphal Arch
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1745–50
Fountain-like Monument with Rostral Column
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
about 1750
Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Young Baptist
Giovanni Battista Naldini
late 16th century
Three Cloud-Borne Cherubs
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
mid-18th century, about 1755
A Bishop Saint Healing a Cripple (Design for a Ceiling)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
mid to late 18th century
The Annunciation
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
mid 1730s
Old Man Standing with Arms Folded
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
mid-18th century
A Vestal Virgin Entombed
Giovanni David
after 1775