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Saint Peter's Seen from the Janiculum Hill, Rome

c. 1935

M.C. Escher

Associated Names

M.C. Escher

Artist, Dutch, 1898 - 1972

The image depicts a landscape with a central structure featuring a dome. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, showing hills in the background and a tree on the left with a tower on the right. The scene is captured in a pencil sketch style with precise lines defining the elements. The color palette is monochrome, primarily grayscale.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Barry and Gigi Fitzmorris
Dimensions

overall: 24 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2004.159.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barry and Gigi Fitzmorris; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Walker, Rock J.

Bibliography

1980

M. C. Escher Archive: Drawings, 106 microfiche, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague and Interdocumentation Company, Zug, Switzerland, 1980: no. 531.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite, by later hand: T809-x-1971

Watermarks

P. M. FABRIANO

Wikidata ID

Q64594531

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