Entrance to the Bowels of the Earth
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: 18.9 x 29.3 cm (7 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
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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