Trompe l'oeil, 1846

Not on View

Medium

watercolor with pen and ink on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 50.8 x 72 cm (20 x 28 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

Accession Number

2000.7.40

Artists / Makers

Giuseppe Voltolini (artist) Italian, active mid 19th century

Image Use

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Inscription

by the artist; lower right on monument in image in black ink: Giuseppe / Voltolini / fecit / anno 1846; by the artist, in image in black ink: A Te che ornora sosti... / BREVARIUM / ROMANUM / EX DECRETO...

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Smyth-Ravenel Fund, Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P.

Exhibition History

2000: Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.