Interior of the Colosseum

Ippolito Caffi

Artist, Italian, 1809 - 1866

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.3 x 31.6 cm (8 3/8 x 12 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.66

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 116-117, no. 47 (entry by Carolina Mangone).

Inscriptions

by unknown hand on mat, upper right in pen and black ink: 5; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 14 x 16 16; by unknown hand on mat, upper left verso in graphite (scratched out): 90 / 290; by unknown hand on mat, upper left verso in graphite: 35/209/C / C; by unknown hand on mat, lower center verso in graphite: [Interno Colosseo?]

Wikidata ID

Q64574847

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