Entrance to the Gardens of the Villa Giulia

1746/1749

Joseph-Marie Vien

Artist, French, 1716 - 1809

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 12.7 x 18.8 cm (5 x 7 3/8 in.)
    page size: 42.5 x 27.7 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.49.193

Associated Artworks

See all 53 artworks

Casino Farnese on the Palatine Hill, Rome

Joseph-Marie Vien

1744

The Forno inside the Walls of the Vatican

Joseph-Marie Vien

1744

Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Joseph-Marie Vien

1744


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Antonio Cesare Poggi (died c. 1836; Lugt 617); Charles Edouard Mewes; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 138-141, 283, no. 60e (color).

Bibliography

1988

  • Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Jacques Lugand. Joseph-Marie Vien Peintre du Roi (1716-1809). Paris, 1988: 132-133, no. 17a (the album; all drawings repr.)

1990

  • Méjanès, Jean-François, in Acquisitions, 1684-1989. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des dessins. Paris, 1990: 81, under no. 116 (the album).

1993

  • Wiebenson, Dora and Claire Baines. The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, Volume I, French Books Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. Washington, 1993: no. 53 (the album).

Wikidata ID

Q64591498


You may be interested in

Loading Results