Park of an Italian Villa

François-André Vincent1774/1775

Details

Title: Park of an Italian Villa
Creator: François-André Vincent
Date Created: 1774/1775
Physical Dimensions: overall: 24.6 x 37 cm (9 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Provenance: ARD (Lugt 172). [1] Louis Paraf. S. S. Bond. [2] (sale, Amsterdam, R. W. P. De Vries, _Dessins des maitres anciens et modernes_, Part II, 1929, no. I, as _Vue dans la Villa d’Este_). (sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 23 March 1930, no. 16 as _Coin de parc de villa italienne avec cascade, baluster, statue et vases, terrasse et pins parasols_ ). Richard Owen, Paris; purchased 1937 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art. [1] According to both de Vries’ and Hotel Drouot’s sale catalogues, there was a mark on the drawing (probably lost or erased). [2] Paraf and Bond according to de Vries and Hotel Drouot sale catalogues.
Medium: black chalk with brown wash heightened with white gouache on laid paper, with the remains of a framing line in brown ink

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