Recto: right row: three sibyls; inscription in ink "andrea/pisano" and "sibille su/ le porte/ di s. Petro/ nio in/ bologna/ del/ senese/ detto/ della/ fonte". The annunciation in half-figures; caption: "monu [mento] del 2 cento bologna" left row: roman sepulchral relief with three half figures; caption: "monumento nel corte del sig mattei roma". View of the court of palazzo mattei shown toward the rear: caption: "cortile del palazzo mattei ornato de belissimi monumenti anitchi al uso/ di un museo roma” god the father and angels; caption: "lodovico caracci bologna” left borrom corner: "87"; top center "150"
verso: head of a horse with half opened mouth, shown twice raised and in profile, twice lowered, and obliquely in two different directions. Date: 1812–14. Dimensions: Image: 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.); ; Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). Medium: black chalk on paper, brush and brown wash, pen and brown ink. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Various works of art. The court of Palazzo Mattei in Rome, 1812–14 (CH 18116445)
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