The Water Organ in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli
1744/1750
Artist, French, 1716 - 1809

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 11.5 x 18 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
page size: 42.5 x 27.7 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1983.49.180
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; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1988
Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Jacques Lugand. Joseph-Marie Vien Peintre du Roi (1716-1809). Paris, 1988, 132-133, no. 17a (all Vien drawings repr.)
1993
Wiebenson, Dora and Claire Baines. The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, Volume I, French Books Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. Washington, DC, 1993, no. 53 (1983.49.187 repr.).
Wikidata ID
Q64591483