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Drawing, View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part One

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated March 18, 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-green wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

29.9 × 44.1 cm (11 3/4 × 17 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Inscribed in graphite, verso center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Part 2d / of Claude's Villa / March 18th /69; lower right: water

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part One; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Italy; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 29.9 × 44.1 cm (11 3/4 × 17 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-594-b

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