DrawingsFrench17th century

Arch of Constantine

17th century

Artists

Claude LorrainArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.5 x 15.3 cm (3 3/4 x 6 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Queen Christina of Sweden, Rome; possibly Prince Livio Odescalchi, Rome; Odescalchi family, by descent; Hans Calmann, London (by 1961); Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund, 1967.34

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