1753
28.5 × 20.5 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.) mat: 40.5 × 31 cm (15 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.) frame: 52.4 × 43 × 3.2 cm (20 5/8 × 16 15/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Convent of the Somaschi (Santa Maria Salute), Venice. Leopoldo Cicognara. Antonio Canova. Francesco Pesaro. Edward Cheney, Purchase, 1842, Auction sale at Sotheby's London, 1885. Presumably as part of lot no. 1024. Sotheby's, London, 1885, Auction sale, presumably part of lot 1024, 1885. E. Parsons and Sons, London. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London. Richard Owen, Paris. Andoga. F. Gentili. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA, Purchase, 1931, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1946.
Red chalk with traces of graphite on blue antique laid paper
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17th-18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryItalianWatercolor, with accents of gouache, on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryItalianBlack ink, gray wash, traces of white chalk over black chalk on gray wove paper, with framing lines in graphite; verso: black chalk
18th-19th centuryItalianGraphite on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryItalianBlack chalk on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryItalianBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk on buff antique laid paper (recto and verso)
18th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryItalianRed chalk with traces of graphite underdrawing on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash with touches of watercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryItalian