Jean-Pierre-Laurent Hoüel
1735-1813
View of Roman Ruins with Peasants and Cattle in the Foreground
9 7/8 x 17 15/16 inches (239 x 457 mm)
Brown chalk on laid paper.
1969.7
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stone in memory of Edwin J. Beinecke.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and brown ink at lower right, "Hoüel Rom[a]".
Watermark: Sun with face, alternating triangular and curved rays, eyes, nose, mouth.
Watermark: Sun with face, alternating triangular and curved rays, eyes, nose, mouth.
Associated names
Stone, Stanley, donor.
Stone, Stanley, Mrs., donor.
Stone, Stanley, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 115.
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Century Drawings
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