River View in Italy

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel Dutch

mid-17th–mid-18th century

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Title: River View in Italy
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, heightened with white over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (26.4 x 40 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.124.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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