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Bernardo Bellotto

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Bernardo Bellotto
1722-1780
A Courtyard for a Roman Palace. Verso: small sketch for a city street with a triumphal arch, and sketches for various architectural details
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso: pen and brown ink.
8 1/2 x 13 15/16 inches (216 x 353 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:66
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Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "--Piramide nella Regia-- / --Soffitti della Regia-- / --Fontana nell'Albergo il Giardino[sic]--".

Provenance: 
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
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.

Bibliography: 

Scholz, Janos, with an introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor. Baroque and Romantic Stage Design. New York : E.P. Dutton, 1962, no. 80, repr.

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Bellotto, Bernardo
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints