DrawingsFrench18th century

Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome

18th century

Artists

Jean-Baptiste LallemandArtist

Herman SwaneveltPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, black chalk, gray wash, and touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and gray ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.5 x 39.1 cm (10 7/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Private collection, London; John Witt Randall, gift; to his sister, Belinda Lull Randall, by descent, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.590

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