View of the Borsa, Rome

View of the Borsa, Rome by Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")

Medium

Pen and black ink, over graphite or lead on cream paper (recto). Squared in graphite or lead. Framing lines in pen and black ink. Squared in graphite or lead (verso)

Dimensions

8-7/8 x 11-1/2 in. (22.5 x 29.2 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Accession Number

1975.131.86

Tags

RomeBuildingsStreets

About the Artist

Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes") · 17001800

Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani (1484–1527), a Florentine painter known initially as the "Master of the Kress Landscapes," emerged from obscurity in the mid-1990s through the scholarship of Louis Waldman, who linked him to documents including a 1521 contract for an altarpiece. Born and active in Florence until his death, Larciani specialized in religious scenes enriched by vivid, atmospheric landscap...

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