Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A Villa in a Park

Anton Arrigoni
1788-1851

A Villa in a Park

9 x 15 3/4 inches (230 x 400 mm)
Graphite pencil, with black ink, on paper.
1982.75:26

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
This drawing is comprised of six sheets cut out and superimposed on top of each other (the last sheet is blank and glued to the fifth one). The top sheet is stained with green and pink watercolor.
Inscriptions/Markings
First sheet (top layer): numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 1".
Second sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 2"; inscribed in pencil at center left, "Coulisse"; also in pencil at center right, "Coulisse".
Third sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 5".
Fourth sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 6"; inscribed in brown ink at upper right, "Gatt".
Fifth sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 7".
Inscribed on verso of sixth (last) sheet, at lower right, "Institores [?]".
Associated names
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department