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Sketch for the Decoration of a Dome

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1710

An oil sketch for the decoration of a dome, signed and dated 1710, with figures circling on clouds round an open lantern. Pellegrini visited England from 1708-1713, and was considered for the dome of St Paul's, for which this may be a sketch.

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Title of artwork, date

Sketch for the Decoration of a Dome, 1710

Date supported

1953

Medium and material

Oil

Dimensions

57 cm

Grant

120

Total cost

120

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