DrawingsFrench18th century

View of the Villa Ludovisi

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and gray wash over black chalk on cream wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 23.4 x 36 cm (9 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.223

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