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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.39.1
People
Circle of Pietro Paltronieri, called Il Mirandolese, Italian (1673 - 1741)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Francesco Guardi, Italian (Venice, Italy 1712 - 1793 Venice, Italy)
Title
Roman Ruins with Fountain
Other Titles
Former Title: Architectural Fantasy
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311185

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
24.4 x 34.9 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1926

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.39.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 234 [as 18th century North Italy]
  • 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. 114, not repr.

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