The Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati
Artist
Jean Jacques de Boissieu
(French, 1736 - 1810)
Date1793
MediumPen and wash; watercolor washes
DimensionsOverall: 12 15/16 × 17 5/8 inches (32.86 × 44.78 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Milton McGreevy
Object number81-30/6
On View
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Exhibition HistoryDecorative Designs, Decorative Landscapes and Still Life, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 15-July 16, 2017, no cat., as The Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati.
The Villa Aldobrandini, outside Rome, belonged to one of the leading Roman families, who used it as a summer residence to avoid the heat of the city. It can still be visited by the public today. Frascati, where it is located, is also famous for its wine. The present drawing may have been made as a souvenir for a wealthy tourist. The villa is accurately rendered, but the trees in the foreground are an invention to frame the building in a picturesque way.
With Zeitlin and VerBrugge, Los Angeles, by June 24, 1968;
Purchased from Zeitlin by Milton McGreevy (1903-1980), Shawnee Mission, KS, June 24, 1968-1980 [1];
His bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] MS007 Miilton McGreevy Papers, NAMA Archives.
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