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.
Accession Number
1963.15.12
Medium
black chalk with brown wash heightened with white gouache on laid paper, with the remains of a framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
overall: 24.6 x 37 cm (9 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Samuel H. Kress Collection