DrawingsItalian?18th century

Capriccio with a Fountain

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian?

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

29.3 × 38.7 cm (11 9/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Angus Whyte Gallery, Boston], sold; to Victor Carlson, 1974, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

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