Saint Peter's Basilica and the Papal Palace
1746/1749
Artist, French, 1716 - 1809
Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 12.9 x 18.5 cm (5 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
page size: 42.5 x 27.7 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1983.49.175
Associated Artworks
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Casino Farnese on the Palatine Hill, Rome
Joseph-Marie Vien
1744
The Forno inside the Walls of the Vatican
Joseph-Marie Vien
1744
Villa d'Este, Tivoli
Joseph-Marie Vien
1744
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Antonio Cesare Poggi (died c. 1836; Lugt 617); Charles Edouard Mewes (1858-1915) ; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2009
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 138-141, 283, no. 60d (color).
2011
Drawn to Art: French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th-Century Rome, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2011-2012, no. 38.
Bibliography
1988
Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Jacques Lugand. Joseph-Marie Vien Peintre du Roi (1716-1809). Paris, 1988: 132-133, no. 17a (the album; all drawings repr.)
1990
Méjanès, Jean-François, in Acquisitions, 1684-1989. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des dessins. Paris, 1990: 81, under no. 116 (the album).
1993
Wiebenson, Dora and Claire Baines. The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, Volume I, French Books Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. Washington, 1993: no. 53 (the album).
Wikidata ID
Q64591478