Fountain of the Dragons, Villa d'Este, Tivoli
17th century
Artists
Dimensions
20.3 x 33.3 cm (8 x 13 1/8 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.B
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