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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.159
People
Charles-Michel-Ange Challes, French (Paris 1718 - 1778 Paris)
Title
Ancient Aqueduct at the Porta Pio, Rome
Other Titles
Former Title: View of a Roman Aqueduct
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1742-1749
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294020

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper decorated with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
30.5 x 47.2 cm (12 x 18 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.
  • inscription: signed, lower left: MA.Challe
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: 12 x 18 1/2
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper left, graphite: 18
  • inscription: mount, lower center, black ink: VUE DE L'AQUEDUC DE LA PORTE PIE / A ROME [cropped]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA , gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991, inv. no. 1991.159

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Agnes Mongan
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.159
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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