Mountain Torrents Flooding a City
before 1839
Artist, Italian, 1774 - 1848

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown-gray wash over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 19.1 x 29.2 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1994.9.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Wynne Jeudwine, 1963; Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam (hand holding pen or brush, Lugt undescribed); (sale, Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, no. 58); purchased by NGA, 1994.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1976
De achtergrond belicht. Ontwepen voor het theater 1580-1800, 's-Hertogenbosch and Amsterdam, 1976, no. 55.
2014
From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.
Bibliography
1989
Fuhring, Peter. Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament: The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. 2 vols. London, 1989: no. 934 (as a Deluge in Mountainous Country near a Town).
Inscriptions
artist's stamp, lower right verso: A. BASOLI FECE; across top verso in pen and brown ink: Acqua - Rottiera di un Torrente fra monti e città 10-
Wikidata ID
Q64536269