Artheon LogoArtheon
Loading...
A View Near the Arco Scuro, Looking Towards the Villa Medici, Rome
Click to view fullscreen

A View Near the Arco Scuro, Looking Towards the Villa Medici, Rome

Francis Towne

1785

Medium

Watercolor over graphite with pen and brown ink

Tags

RomeRoadsTrees

Dimensions

sheet: 12 13/16 x 18 7/8 in. (32.5 x 48 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment and Harry G. Sperling Funds, 2010

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Francis Towne

1739–1816 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Comment on works: Landscapes; Watercolors

Explore More

More from 18th century →More in Watercolor over graphite with pen and brown ink from The Metropolitan Museum of Art →

Related Artworks

Discover similar artworks

"Preparing for the Pantomime"

"Preparing for the Pantomime"

1836–64

Fishey Flies and Fly Fishes (recto); Typeface Designs (verso)

Fishey Flies and Fly Fishes (recto); Typeface Designs (verso)

1837–99

"Have You Been to the Pump, Simpson?"

"Have You Been to the Pump, Simpson?"

1837–64

Comic Sketch

Comic Sketch

1837–64

"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"

"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"

1830–64

"Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip"

"Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip"

1837–64

View of Rouen from St. Catherine’s Hill

View of Rouen from St. Catherine’s Hill

1821–22

Bearded Man in Oriental Costume

Bearded Man in Oriental Costume

ca. 1780

Kitchen Staff (recto); Mountainous Landscape with Hiker (verso)

Kitchen Staff (recto); Mountainous Landscape with Hiker (verso)

1837–64

Design for a stained glass window

Design for a stained glass window

1866–92

A Figure Weeping Over a Grave

A Figure Weeping Over a Grave

1827 or 1829

A Group of Figures

A Group of Figures

ca. 1850

More by Francis Towne

Explore other works by this artist

View of Lake Como with Monte Leoni

View of Lake Como with Monte Leoni

August 27, 1781

View of Lake Como

View of Lake Como

August 27, 1781

An Ivy Covered Ruin

An Ivy Covered Ruin

late 1780s–early 1790s

Berry Pomeroy Castle in the County of Devon

Berry Pomeroy Castle in the County of Devon

(?) 1775–1805

Trees by the Lake, Peamore Park, near Exeter, Devon

Trees by the Lake, Peamore Park, near Exeter, Devon

1790–1810

Near Glaris [Glarus], Switzerland

Near Glaris [Glarus], Switzerland

September 2, 1781

In het park van de Villa Mondragone in Frascati

In het park van de Villa Mondragone in Frascati

All artworks by Francis Towne displayed