A Triumphal Procession in Ancient Rome

c. 1780

Gaetano Gandolfi

Associated Names
Gaetano Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1734 - 1802

This is a drawing of a classical scene in an ancient city. The drawing features architectural elements such as columns and statues. In the foreground, there are figures engaged in activity. The background shows a building with steps and columns, and tall structures that resemble columns with statues on top. The use of shading and line work conveys movement and activity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite and black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.8 x 50.9 cm (15 1/4 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.12.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, New York, Sotheby's, 14 January 1992, lot 14); purchased by NGA, 1992.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 41.

Wikidata ID

Q64571002

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