DrawingsBritish19th century

Borromini's San Carlo a la Quatro Fontane, Rome

1840

Artists

John RuskinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and gray ink, brown wash, yellow watercolor, and graphite on blue-green wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

50 × 34.5 cm (19 11/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Joan Severn, gift or sale; to Robert E. Cunliffe, to: his wife Helen Cunliffe. [Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London] sold; to John B. Davidson, Chicago, 1964(?), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024

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