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Pierre-Adrien Pâris

Architectural Fantasy: Ruins of a Circular Temple Seen through a Natural Arch, c. 1785

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Medium

pen and black ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 39.3 x 50 cm (15 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

New Century Fund

Accession Number

2004.111.1

Artists / Makers

Pierre-Adrien Pâris (artist) French, 1745 - 1819

Image Use

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Provenance

(Didier Aaron & Cie, Paris); purchased by NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Private Collector c/o Didier Aaron, Inc.

Exhibition History

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 64.

2009: Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 252-253, 291, no. 110 (color).

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