DrawingsFrench17th century

Alley of the Hundred Fountains, Villa d'Este, Tivoli

17th century

Artists

Israël SilvestreArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, graphite, brown wash, and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, adhered to a decorated mount

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20 x 33.7 cm (7 7/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 8th Earl of Abingdon and 13th Earl of Lindsey, London and Gilmilnscroft House, East Ayrshire; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 17 July, 1935, part of lot 5; Colnaghi, London; Frances L. Hofer, Boston, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer, inv. no. 1979.59.A

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