Studies of the Cenotaph of Annia Regilla, 1750s/1766

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray wash and watercolor on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 35.2 × 23.6 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Vincent J. Buonanno

Accession Number

2018.85.1

Artists / Makers

Mauro Antonio Tesi (artist) Bolognese, 1730 - 1766

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: Mauro Tesi; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: S. 388 / _Mauro Tesi (1730 Montalbano - 1766 Bologna) / Rom [not deciphered]

Provenance

(Martin & Sewell, by 1970); Brian Sewell [1931-2015], London; (sale, Christie's, London, 27 September 2016, no. 52); (Dr. Martin Moeller Kunsthandel, Hamburg); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Moeller-Pisani, Martin, Dr.

Exhibition History

1970: Master Drawings. Martin and Sewell, London, 1970, no. 33 (as Agostino Mitelli).