DrawingsFrench17th century

Casino del Monte (Villa Ludovisi)

c. 1650

Artists

Israël SilvestreArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite, watercolor, and gray and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.6 × 31.6 cm (8 1/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 8th Earl of Abingdon and 13th Earl of Lindsey, London and Gilmilnscroft House, East Ayrshire; sale [Sotheby’s, London, 17 July, 1935, part of lot 5]; [Colnaghi, London (by 1935)] sold; to Philip Hofer, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939

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