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View of an Italian Garden

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size: 269 x 420mm, 10 9/16 x 16 9/16 in.

technique: red chalk

Description

The architectural elements of this drawing suggest that it is an Italian garden. The cave in the foreground, with its fanciful atlantes blending into the vegetation, is reminiscent of the Mannerist grottos popular in Italy in the sixteenth century. 

Additional information

size:

269 x 420mm, 10 <sup> 9/16 </sup> x 16 <sup> 9/16 </sup> in.

technique:

red chalk