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The view of the grand casin from the café at the Villa Albani

Charles PERCIER, Pierre-François-Léonard FONTAINE
The view of the grand casin from the café at the Villa Albani
(Vue du Grand Casin de la Villa Albani)
 (1786-1809)

Medium
pen and ink and wash with white gouache and watercolour, on secondary support with engraved text

Measurements
14.4 × 22.9 cm (primary support)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Alice Vaughan, 2008

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Inscription
printed in ink on secondary support u.c.: VILLA ALBANI.
printed in ink on secondary support l.l.: Dessine par Percier et Fontaine.
printed in ink on secondary support l.c.: VUE DU GRAND CASIN DE LA VILLA ALBANI, / prise sous le Portique du Café.

Accession Number
2008.241

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Architecture Cityscapes Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
arcades (structural assemblies) architectural artists columns (architectural elements) elliptical arches figures (representations) Italy (nation) Rome (inhabited place) Tuscan capitals

Movements
Neoclassicism

Physical description
Framed.

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