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Evening in Italy—the Deserted Villa, 1845. Watercolor, with traces of shell gold, over graphite on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card.
Watercolor, with traces of shell gold, over graphite on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card · 19 × 41.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Evening in Italy—the Deserted Villa
- Artist
- Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881
- Date
- 1845
- Medium
- Watercolor, with traces of shell gold, over graphite on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card
- Dimensions
- 19 × 41.2 cm (7 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Celia and David Hilliard in honor of Jim and Emese Wood
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1805–1881
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.