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Ruins of Roman Forum, with Figures

A work made of pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, squared in graphite, laid down on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, squared in graphite, laid down on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1550

Artist:

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, called Battista Vicentino
Italian, 1520-1583

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Pittoni, the elder

Title

Ruins of Roman Forum, with Figures

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1548–1552

Medium

Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, squared in graphite, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

20.4 × 31.4 cm (8 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.3363

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