A Grand Illusionistic Ceiling
1720/1740
Artist, Bolognese, 1657 - 1743
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with gray and brown washes over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 60.1 x 105.9 cm (23 11/16 x 41 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1994.73.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia or his son, Charles Emmanuel III; (E.V. Thaw and Co., New York); purchased by NGA, 1994.
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Exhibition History
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
2000
Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 178.
2023
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Wikidata ID
Q64561449