A Palatial Wall Ornamented with Sculptures and Paintings, c. 1570

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 26.6 x 41.1 cm (10 1/2 x 16 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle

Accession Number

1994.9.5

Artists / Makers

Andrea Semino (artist) Genoese, 1526? - 1594

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, upper left in graphite: Sansovino; by later hand, center left verso in graphite: (not deciphered)

Provenance

Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam (hand holding pen or brush, Lugt undescribed); (sale, Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, no. 7); purchased by NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Christie's
Houthakker, Lodewijk
tan Bunzl, Yvonne, Ms.

Exhibition History

1985: Wanden en Plafonds. Tekeningen uit de verzameling Lodewijk Houthakker, Nijmegen and Haarlem, 1985, no. 15.

Bibliography

1989: Fuhring, Peter. Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament: The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. 2 vols. London, 1989: no. 167 (as "School of Verona, c. 1600").

2012: Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 182 (color).