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

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

30 × 44.1 cm (11 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: setting sun 4 inches from edge / [arrow pointing right]; in graphite, center left: reddish; in graphite, center: grey / green / green / reeds & c / green / brown & green; in graphite, lower left: red / muddy; in graphite, lower center: rich orange red sky / March 18th /69; in graphite, lower right: Castle San Angelo / Claudes Villa / St Peters - / 2- parts

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part Two; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Italy; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 30 × 44.1 cm (11 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-594-c

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