DrawingsItalian18th century

Three Men Resting Near a Pyramid

18th century

Artists

Marco RicciArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

40.9 × 34.2 cm (16 1/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

Provenance

[P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs (by 1929), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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