Fantasy of Magnificent Courtyards and Loggie with a Monumental Staircase

Provenance

Henri Gorse (not in Lugt); (sale, Sotheby's London, 11 July 2001, no. 234, as Attributed to Giuseppe Galli Bibiena); (Robin Halwas, London); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Fantasy of Magnificent Courtyards and Loggie with a Monumental Staircase

Gonzaga, Pietro

early 1770s

Accession Number

2003.134.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray and black wash over graphite on two joined pieces of laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 38.3 × 51.1 cm (15 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund