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The drawing shows a rustic structure surrounded by trees. The scene is viewed from an elevated perspective. The focus is on detailed buildings with pointed roofs and intricate architectural elements, depicted using sketch-like brushstrokes and hatching. The image is in sepia tones, creating a vintage feel. Depth is created through layering elements and suggesting trees on either side, drawing the viewer towards the center of the buildings.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Complex of Rustic Houses Built Over Ruins
Circle of Giorgione (Giulio Campagnola?)
- Date
- 1509/1515
- Medium
- pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid on mid-eighteenth century Italian paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 17.6 × 26.6 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2006.11.66
- Credit line
- Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
- Time span
- 1501 to 1550
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- architecture
- Venetian
- Tree
- Renaissance
- House
- Houses
- Building
- ruins
Provenance
? Joseph Farington [1747-1821] (Lugt 1453), London; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1975, lot 21, as Circle of Giorgione), purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by descent to Andrea Woodner, New York, 1990; given to NGA.
Inscription
by later hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: Titiano; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: bl “Titiano”; br “1606” and “no 69”; verso: “J ” and “Titiano”
Watermarks
primary support: paschal lamb in a circle, Briquet 47 (Venice 1484); secondary support: fleur-de-lis in double circle with initial
NGA object ID 75842. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.