Arches of the Larger Baths at Hadrian's Villa
c. 1748
Artist, French, 1718 - 1778

Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk and white chalk with stumping on light brown laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 47.5 cm (12 x 18 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1999.19.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Paris; (Galerie Cailleux, Paris) (sale, Christie's, New York, 28 January 1999, no. 126); (David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 1999 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Le rouge et le noir: Cent dessins français de 1700 à 1850. Galerie Cailleux, Paris, 1991, no. 47 (Marianne Roland Michel).
2009
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 142-143, 283-284, no. 61 (color).
Inscriptions
lower left in pen and brown ink: MA Challe
Watermarks
posthorn (similar to Heawood 2621)
Wikidata ID
Q64538738