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

A Square before a Classical Palace

N. Institoris
d. 1845

A Square before a Classical Palace

9 x 15 inches (230 x 380 mm)
Pen and black ink, with watercolor, over pencil, on paper
1982.75:309

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
On verso, in German, a detailed written description of the scene.
Inscriptions/Markings
Scale indicated along lower edge of drawing. Variously inscribed in pen and black ink with numerical notations, which refer to the numbers used by the scene painter; at upper right, "6 auf dieser hintersten schttenwand sind / die innere theile derbögen ganz / mit der Tieffarb angelegf", and below this, "der Schlagschatten auf den Fussboden, / den das Gebäude 18 wirft, ist im Gan, / zen dunkler als die [word crossed out] / wand 28 gehalten".
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