Stage Design of an Ancient Roman Encampment by Night (recto)

Provenance

Unidentified collector, AR (Lugt 3323); (Unidentified London dealer, c. 1975); private collection, c. 1975; (David and Rachel Blissett, Hampshire, as by Paolo Landriani); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Stage Design of an Ancient Roman Encampment by Night (recto)

Gonzaga, Pietro

c. 1792

Accession Number

2014.54.1.a

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray wash and black wash over graphite on two joined sheets

Dimensions

sheet: 37.3 × 50.9 cm (14 11/16 × 20 1/16 in.) | mount: 51.6 × 59 cm (20 5/16 × 23 1/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund