DrawingsItalian18th century

The Interior of a Church

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiranesiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.7 × 17 cm (8 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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