Interior of the Colosseum with a Sleeping Soldier
1747
Artists
Dimensions
31.5 x 45.5 cm (12 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L.2073, lower left, black ink); Louis Delatigny, Rouen (his mark, L.1768a, lower left, red ink); his sale, Paris, Drouot, 4-5 November 1937, lot 66; Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991, inv. no. 1991.160
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