Jean-Pierre-Laurent Hoüel

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1735-1813

View of Roman Ruins with Peasants and Cattle in the Foreground

Brown chalk on laid paper.

9 7/8 x 17 15/16 inches (239 x 457 mm)

Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stone in memory of Edwin J. Beinecke.

1969.7

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Signed in pen and brown ink at lower right, "Hoüel Rom[a]".
Watermark: Sun with face, alternating triangular and curved rays, eyes, nose, mouth.

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P. & D. Colnaghi, London.

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Associated names:

Stone, Stanley, donor.
Stone, Stanley, Mrs., donor.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 115.

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