Roma, from the Base of the Antonine Column
1775/80
Artist, French, 1748 - 1825
Artwork overview
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Medium
brown ink and gray wash over black chalk, the figure on the left in black chalk, on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 15.2 x 19 cm (6 x 7 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1998.105.1.ddd
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Women at an Altar
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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Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme.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
Inscriptions
lower left in gray ink: al monte citorio; lower left: paraphes of E.D. and J.D.
Wikidata ID
Q64580201