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Sphinx, in the Gardens of the Villa Albani, and a Study of a Roman Mask

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Date

1804

Artist

Robert Smirke, the younger (1781-1867)

Collection

Yale Center for British Art

Image Link

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26576

Description

Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Inscription

Inscribed in charcoal, lower right: "Sphinx / Roman / in the | gardens of the Villa Albani-". Inscribed in charchoal, lower right: "March 17 1804"; inscribed in charcooal, centre right: "Roman Mask -"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "I/36".

Descriptive Medium

Charcoal and brown wash

Image Licence

Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art

Image Credit

image credit Yale Center for British Art

Location

Villa Albani-Torlonia, Rome, Italy

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Gardens
Stately Homes

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