View of the Colosseum, Rome | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.7
People: Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Italian Unidentified Artist
Title: View of the Colosseum, Rome
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227542

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 37.78 x 52.39 cm (14 7/8 x 20 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Frances L. Hofer, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year: 1979
Object Number: 1979.7
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 108; repr. as no. 265

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