A Capriccio of Roman Ruins
1727/1729
Artist, Venetian, 1676 - 1729

Artwork overview
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Medium
gouache on kidskin
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 30.9 × 45.3 cm (12 3/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1982.38.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Galerie van Diemen & Co., Berlin) 1920; Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit, no. 1216; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 March 1982, no. 54); acquired 1982 (via David Tunick) by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1983
Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., September 1983.
1994
The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 102, 106, 488, no. 32 (repro. p. 106, color)(entry by Margherita Giacometti).
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 53.
Bibliography
1991
Scarpa Sonino, Annalisa. Marco Ricci. Milan, 1991: 144, 334 (cat. T10, with incorrect location).
1994
The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 488, no. 32.
2000
Kemp, Martin, The Oxford History of Western Art. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000: 228, no. 324.
Inscriptions
on verso labels of Galerie van Diemen & Stichting Nederlandsch; label inscribed: BU. ZII / 48 /Sch.; on verso ingraphite: Hubert Robert [gno.?] Robert des Ruines
Wikidata ID
Q64594896