DrawingsSwiss18th-19th century

View of Lake Maggiore from an Elevation in Arona

18th-19th century

Artists

Peter BirmannArtist

Description

Mount prepared with green watercolor

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and brown wash over graphite on cream paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 37 × 55 cm (14 9/16 × 21 5/8 in.) frame: 71 × 89 cm (27 15/16 × 35 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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