Description
A large villa in the mid-distance near centre, the Borghese Park behind; in the foreground, formal gardens with two sarcophagi at front, obelisk to right, and two ladies and a child walking; eighteenth leaf from a sketchbook described under 1981, 0516. 18. 1. 1777. Watercolour, some pen and black ink, and graphite.
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
© Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Casino di Raffaello [Olgiati], Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
Country
Italy
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Inscription reads: “Villa Olgiati commonly call’d Raphael’s Villa from the w. villa medici’s / 31st march 1777.”
