DrawingsItalian18th century

Count Gregorii Orlov Visiting Plague Victims in Moscow

18th century

Artists

Pietro Antonio NovelliArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

32.1 x 49.4 cm (12 5/8 x 19 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Trivulzio Collection, Milan (according to label on old mount); Colnaghi, New York, 1990; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston; Harvard Art Museum/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 2006.330

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