View of the Farnese Gardens in Rome
Maker
(artist)
1770-1825
1770-1825
Title
View of the Farnese Gardens in Rome
Date of Production
1770 - 1825
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 43 cm
Width: 43 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3969
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
This drawing and D.1952.RW.3968 appear to be related to a group of five drawings by Ferdinand Becker given to the British Museum by Archdeacon F.H.D Smythe in 1948 (inv. nos. 1948,0519.1-5).
Provenance
Archdeacon Francis Henry Dumville Smythe (1873-1966); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 6
p. 6
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: upper right, pen and brown ink: "35."; lower left, pen and brown ink: "In the Farneseian Garden."; lower right corner, graphite: "#1".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: upper right, pen and brown ink: "35."; lower left, pen and brown ink: "In the Farneseian Garden."; lower right corner, graphite: "#1".
Collector's mark: none.
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