View of the Dome of Saint Peter's, Rome
1863
Artist, French, 1819 - 1916

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.4 x 23.7 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1995.47.49
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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From the Pre-Raphaelites to Picasso-II. Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, no date, no. 8.
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 131.
Bibliography
1986
Mongan, Agnes. "Henri-Joseph Harpignies," in John Wilmerding, ed., In Honor of Paul Mellon, Collector and Benefactor. Washington, 1986: 233, fig. 4.
Inscriptions
lower left in pen and black ink: hjharpignies- 1863; upper right in pen and brown ink: Rome X 1863
Wikidata ID
Q64573681