Jean-Pierre-Laurent Houel

Marble Architectural Fragments from Citta Vecchia on Malta

Marble Architectural Fragments from Citta Vecchia on Malta
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Author: Jean-Pierre-Laurent Houel
Drawings, Pen and black wash, brush and brown wash over pencil sketch, 29.7x42 cm
Origin: France, Late 1770s
Album: Series of preparatory drawings for the engraved edition "Picturesque journey around the islands of Sicily, Malta and Lipari ", 1782-1787
Source of entry: acquired for Catherine II from the artist, Between 1782 and 1783



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