Architectural Capriccio with a Soldier and Dog

mid-18th century

Vittorio Maria Bigari

Artist, Italian, 1692 - 1776

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and black ink with gray wash over traces of graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47.5 × 32.8 cm (18 11/16 × 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.26.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

I. O. Wessner [1851-1921], Saint-Gall (Lugt 2562a). (Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles); Edith T. Rudolf, New York, 1976; gift to NGA in 2018

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Vittorio Maria Bigari / Bologna (1692 - 1776); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: silk (showline) / BB / Pine or gold / 22 x 16 / 1/4 gold / with [not deciphered] / 34; by Otto Wessner, lower right verso in graphite: [not deciphered] / Galli Bibiena

Wikidata ID

Q64633963

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