Ancient Trees in the Roman Campagna

Provenance

By descent until c. 2005; (Paolo Antonacci, Rome); (Nicolaas Teeuwisse, Berlin); (sale, Christie's South Kensington, 18 July 2012, no. 877, with a second drawing of trees by Costa); (W/S Fine Art, London); (Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London); purchased by NGA, 2015.

Ancient Trees in the Roman Campagna

Costa, Giovanni

1850s

Accession Number

2015.108.1

Medium

watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 39.8 × 27.5 cm (15 11/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund