Italian Landscape
18th century
Artists
Description
Peasant women fill their water pots at the antique well under a tree at the left; in the middle distance is a lake dotted with sailing vessels; at the right mountains rise steeply from the lake's shores.
Dimensions
16.6 x 21.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Pfaff. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892
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