The Gardens of the Villa Medici
1710-1720
Artist, Dutch, 1652/1653 - 1736
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink and graphite on two joined sheets of laid paper
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Credit Line
Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann
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Dimensions
overall: 36.1 x 71.4 cm (14 3/16 x 28 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2000.97.2.b
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Catalogue Raisonné
Briganti 1996, no. 153
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, Rome [died 1799]; Vincenzo Pacetti, no. 284, Rome, 1801 [died 1820] (Lugt 2057); Paul Fatio, Geneva (his mark PF, not in Lugt); (sale, Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, no. 415); (Agnew's, London, 1960); Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, Ruvigliano, Lugano, 1966; his wife, Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, Lugano and New York; gift to NGA, 2000.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
The Italian Scene, Drawings by Vanvitelli, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1961, no. 4.
Bibliography
1996
Briganti, Giuliano. Gaspar van Wittel. Milan, 1996.
Inscriptions
by later hand, upper right in graphite: 415; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Villa Medici; by later hand, lower right in red pencil: N 18; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Villa Medici / Roma; by later hand, along right edge in graphite: in pallastren(?); by later hand, upper right in graphite: W.8
Wikidata ID
Q64571014