Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo, n.d., Brush and brown wash, over a red chalk counterproof with traces of black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink., 18 1/4 x 13 in. (46.4 x 33 cm), Drawings, After Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris), Anonymous, French, 18th century, Located on the route from Naples to Pozzuoli, the Grotto of Posillipo was a popular destination for travelers to Italy in the eighteenth century. Hubert Robert visited the site in 1760, on a trip he took with the abbé de Saint-Non (1727-1791)
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Entrance, Grotto, Posillipo, n.d, Brush, brown wash, red chalk counterproof, traces, black chalk, Framing lines, pen, ink, 18 1/4 x 13, 46.4 33 cm, Drawings, After Hubert Robert, French, Paris, 1733–1808, Anonymous, 18th century, Located, route, Naples, Pozzuoli, popular destination, travelers, Italy, eighteenth, Hubert Robert visited, site, 1760, trip, abbé de, Saint-Non, 1727-1791
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