DrawingsItalian18th century

Church of Sta. Maria Maddalena, Bologna

1767

Artists

Gaetano GandolfiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and pink wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

31.8 x 21.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Benno Geiger, sale [Sotheby's, London, December 7-10, 1920, lot 121]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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