The Colosseum

Victor Jean Nicolle

Artist, French, 1754 - 1826

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray and gray-brown wash over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.5 x 43.3 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.175

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • The Academy of Europe: Rome in the 18th Century, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1973, no. 127.

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 175 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in pen and black ink: [IP?]; by later hand, upper right verso in pencil: [Not deciphered]

Watermarks

G

Wikidata ID

Q64633668

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