View of a Monastery Receiving Visit from Great People, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, Black chalk, brush and gray-black watercolor on cream laid paper, Horizontal rectangle.The buildings of the monastery are in the middle ground upon a terrace of a hill sloping down to the foreground. There is a wall with the gateway, where a guard and a group of monks stand. Monks and soldiers are on the road connecting the gateways, outer and inner, in front of the church. One of the soldiers busies himself to chase two fighting dogs. A coach drawn by four horses, preceded by a courier, approaches from right. A family sits inside. Another coach with two horses follows. At left are groups of figures.Trees flank the scene, composition surrounded by two framing border lines., Rome, Italy, 1770–86, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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View, Monastery Receiving Visit, Great People, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, Black chalk, brush, gray-black watercolor, cream laid paper, Horizontal rectangle, buildings, monastery, middle ground upon, terrace, hill sloping down, foreground, wall, gateway, guard, group, monks stand, Monks, soldiers, road connecting, gateways, outer, inner, front, church, soldiers busies, chase two fighting dogs, coach drawn, four horses, preceded, courier, approaches, right, family sits inside, Another coach, two horses follows, left, groups, figures.Trees flank, scene, composition surrounded, two framing border lines, Rome, Italy, 1770–86, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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