Gardens of the Villa Mattei

c. 1760

Jacques-François Amand

Artist, French, 1730 - 1769

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.7 x 43 cm (12 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.77.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C. Férault. Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976], then by descent; (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased by NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Master Drawings from Titan to Picasso: The Curtis O. Baer Collection, NGA, Indianapolis Museum of Art, The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Frederick Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, 1985 - 1987, no. 60.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: Jardins et terrasses de la Villa Mattei / Dessin à la sanguine per Honore Fragonard; by later hand, center verso in brown ink: No. 348

Markings

Douane Central(?--stamp badly smeared)

Wikidata ID

Q64536853

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