Abbot Antonio Niccolini

Provenance

From an album acquired by Richard Neville Neville [1717-1793] in Paris in 1763; inherited in 1793 by Richard Aldworth Griffin-Neville, 2nd Baron Braybrooke; by descent to Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Lord Braybrooke (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 10 December 1979, no. 87). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Abbot Antonio Niccolini

Ghezzi, Pier Leone

c. 1725

Accession Number

2009.70.126

Medium

pen and iron gall ink over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.6 x 21.8 cm (12 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.) | mount: 36.8 x 27.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection