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Italianate River Landscape with an Inn

mid-17th–mid-18th century
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Italianate River Landscape with an Inn
  • Artist: Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel (Dutch, Amersfoort 1652 or 1653–1736 Rome)
  • Date: mid-17th–mid-18th century
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 1/16 in. (26.7 x 40.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
  • Object Number: 1975.131.168
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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