Landscape with Ancient Tombs

Agostino Mitelli

Associated Names
Agostino Mitelli

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1660

The image shows a landscape with trees and architectural structures viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. The scene includes trees, clouds, and classical ruins with detailed carvings. The artist uses a sketch-like style with fine lines and watercolor-like washes of brown and gray tones. The color palette consists of warm browns and cool grays, creating a serene atmosphere. Large trees with dark canopies frame the right side of the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash on tan laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17 x 28.2 cm (6 11/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.169

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Count Jean-Joseph-Marie-Anatole Marquet de Vasselot [1840-1904], Paris (Lugt 2499). Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff [1875-1941], Paris (Lugt 2602d). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 181 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: [undeciphered]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (circled) 259

Wikidata ID

Q64533488

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