The Ruins of an Ancient Amphitheater

Caspar van Wittelc. 1701

Details

Title: The Ruins of an Ancient Amphitheater
Creator: Gaspar van Wittel
Date Created: c. 1701
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 41.7 x 54.1 cm (16 7/16 x 21 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, Rome. Vincenzo Pacetti, Rome. Paul Fatio, Geneva (not in Lugt). (sale, Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, no. 385). Richard Tüngel, Ahrensburg. Herbert List [1903-1975], Munich (Lugt 4063); Ursula and Adolf Ratjen, Vaduz, for Wolfgang Ratjen; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Medium: pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on cream laid paper

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