Entrance to the Bowels of the Earth

before 1839

Antonio Basoli

Artist, Italian, 1774 - 1848

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown-gray wash over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.9 x 29.3 cm (7 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.9.4


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 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • De achtergrond belicht. Ontwepen voor het theater 1580-1800, 's-Hertogenbosch and Amsterdam, 1976, no. 56.

Bibliography

1989

  • Fuhring, Peter. Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament: The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. 2 vols. London, 1989: no. 935 (as Interior of a Mine).

Inscriptions

artist's stamp lower right verso: A. BASOLI FECE; across top verso in pen and brown ink: Introduzione alle Visere della Terra - Marmorea e miniere 12-

Wikidata ID

Q64536270


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