Fountain with Putti in the Garden of the Villa Borghese

Prints and Drawings

1880

Hans Thoma
German, 1839-1924

Thoma was not only a painter and printmaker, but also a museum director. This large working drawing (a modello) was squared for transfer for a painting that has yet to be found and was independently prized for its delicacy and refined mood. The same year that Thoma drew this sheet it was selected for a special facsimile reproduction by a Berlin printer.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hans Thoma
Title: Fountain with Putti in the Garden of the Villa Borghese
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1880
Medium: Black crayon over graphite, with opaque white watercolor and touches of red chalk, squared with graphite for transfer, on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 46.6 × 34.6 cm (18 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Margaret Day Blake Fund
Reference Number: 2010.541
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