View of an Italian Villa and Gardens (the Belvedere of the Vatican)

Provenance

John L. Strauss, Glencoe, Ill., by 1959; given to the Art Institute, 1959.

View of an Italian Villa and Gardens (the Belvedere of the Vatican)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

1765/66

Accession Number

9637

Medium

Brush and gray wash heightened with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

24.7 × 36.2 cm (9 3/4 × 14 5/16 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. John L. Strauss