Roman Buildings on a Hill
1775/80
Artist, French, 1748 - 1825
Artwork overview
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Medium
gray wash over graphite on green-gray paper, the wash extending onto the album page at left and right
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Credit Line
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Accession
1998.105.1.ss
Associated Artworks
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Roman Album No. 4: Italian Landscapes and Antiquities
Jacques-Louis David
1775
A Muse and Two Female Figures
Jacques-Louis David
1775
Women at an Altar
Jacques-Louis David
1775
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme. David (sale, Paris, 11 March 1835, under no. 16); purchased by one of David's pupils, Mlle. X (name obliterated);[1] by descent in her family; (Bruno de Bayser, Paris); purchased 1998 by NGA.
[1] According to inscription on flyleaf.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2022
Stein, Perrin. Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022, 94, fig. 60.
Inscriptions
lower center: du Sens opposé; lower left: paraphes of E.D. and J.D.
Wikidata ID
Q64580187