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Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Josephus Augustus Knip
1777-1847

Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

ca. 1809-1812
17 x 23 1/4 inches (432 x 591 mm)
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper.
2017.136

Thaw Collection.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed, at lower left, in graphite: "10 Vensters, 9 niches, 1 deur / Van den eenen hoek tot den andere is 22 1/2 Voed / en den geheelen omtrek is 222 Voed"; at lower left, "5 1/2"; at lower right, "Temple of Minerva Medica" (also at lower right, "I / inv. no. 71.005"); on verso, at lower right, in graphite, "ER".
Watermark: "J KOOL."
Associated names
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 219, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 29, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department