Gardens of the Villa Mattei, c. 1760

Not on View

Medium

red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 32.7 x 43 cm (12 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2009.77.3

Artists / Makers

Jacques-François Amand (artist) French, 1730 - 1769

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: Jardins et terrasses de la Villa Mattei / Dessin à la sanguine per Honore Fragonard; by later hand, center verso in brown ink: No. 348

Marks and Labels

Douane Central(?--stamp badly smeared)

Provenance

C. Férault. Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976], then by descent; (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased by NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Baer, Curtis O.
Baer, George M., Dr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1985: Master Drawings from Titan to Picasso: The Curtis O. Baer Collection, NGA, Indianapolis Museum of Art, The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Frederick Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, 1985 - 1987, no. 60.