DrawingsItalian18th century

Porta Romana

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 40.7 x 56.5 cm (16 x 22 1/4 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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