DrawingsItalian17th century

Landscape with Colosseum

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Giovanni Francesco GrimaldiPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.5 x 38 cm (9 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Joshua Reynolds, London (L. 2364). Unidentified Dealer, New York, New York, Art market. Eric Greenleaf, New York, New York, acquired in New York.

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