The Gardens of the Villa Medici, 1710-1720

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 36.1 x 71.4 cm (14 3/16 x 28 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann

Catalogue Raisonné

Briganti 1996, no. 153

Accession Number

2000.97.2.a

Artists / Makers

Gaspar van Wittel (artist) Dutch, 1652/1653 - 1736

Image Use

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Provenance

Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, Rome [died 1799]; Vincenzo Pacetti, no. 284, Rome, 1801 [died 1820] (Lugt 2057); Paul Fatio, Geneva (his mark PF, not in Lugt); (sale, Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, no. 415); (Agnew's, London, 1960); Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, Ruvigliano, Lugano, 1966; his wife, Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, Lugano and New York; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
Cavaceppi, Bartolomeo
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Fatio, Paul
Heinemann, Rudolf J., Mrs.
Pacetti, Vincenzo
Rauch, S.A., Nicolas
Ruvigliana

Exhibition History

1961: The Italian Scene, Drawings by Vanvitelli, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1961, no. 4.

Bibliography

1966: Briganti, Giuliano. Gaspar van Wittel e l'origine della veduta settecentesca. Rome, 1966: 279, no. 46d.

1973: Zwollo, An. Hollandse en Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome 1675-1725. Assen, 1973: 150-151, fig. 187.

1996: Briganti, Giuliano. Gaspar van Wittel. Milan, 1996. 341, no. D153.