Entrance to the Bowels of the Earth

Provenance

Wynne Jeudwine, 1963; Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam (hand holding pen or brush, Lugt undescribed); (sale, Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, no. 58); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Entrance to the Bowels of the Earth

Basoli, Antonio

before 1839

Accession Number

1994.9.4

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown-gray wash over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 18.9 x 29.3 cm (7 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund