Geometrical Elevation of the Peace Plaza and Façade of the Opera House

c. 1800

Giacomo Quarenghi

Artist, Venetian, 1744 - 1817

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.8 x 86 cm (9 3/4 x 33 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1982.58.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Seiferheld and Co., New York); acquired September 1974 by Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1982 to the National Gallery of Art..

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., September 1983.

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 20.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Inscriptions

across top in brown ink: ELEVATION GEOMETRALE DE LA PLACE DE LA PAIX. / ET FACADE DU THEATRE DE L'OPERA

Wikidata ID

Q64572213


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