Art Institute of Chicago
A Capriccio with a Ruined Gothic Arch
Francesco GuardiLinkedCulture matchlcp-c557affc523c
- Date
- 1770/89
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 149039
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- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Provenance
- Sold by P. and D. Colnaghi, London, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, June 16, 1969 [invoice]; given to the Art Institute, 1998.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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