The Piazza of Saint Peter's Seen through an Arch of the Basilica, 1778/1779

Not on View

pen and black ink and watercolor, over graphite and pinholes for guidelines, on medium wove paper

overall: 59.9 × 52.3 cm (23 9/16 × 20 9/16 in.)

2002.36.1

Giacomo Quarenghi (artist) Venetian, 1744 - 1817

inscribed by the artist in graphite with measurements in lower left and lower right margins

(sale, Christie's Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, New York, 23 January 2002, no. 69); (C. G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Boerner LLC, C.G.

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2014: The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 121.