Piazza with an Equestrian Monument and a Palace

c. 1810

Alessandro Sanquirico

Artist, Italian, 1780 - 1849

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, squared in graphite for transfer, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.5 x 29.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.9.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. Lawrence; (sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1974, part of lot 65); Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam (hand holding pen or brush, Lugt undescribed); (sale, Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, no. 64); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • De achtergrond belicht. Ontwepen voor het theater 1580-1800, 's-Hertogenbosch and Amsterdam, 1976, no. 74.

Bibliography

1989

  • Fuhring, Peter. Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament: The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. 2 vols. London, 1989: no. 947 (as Town Square with an Equestrian Statue).

Watermarks

Three crescents

Wikidata ID

Q64534033


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