A View Near the Arco Scuro, Looking Towards the Villa Medici, Rome, 1785, Watercolor over graphite with pen and brown ink, on laid paper, sheet: 12 13/16 x 18 7/8 in. (32.5 x 48 cm), Drawings, Francis Towne (British, Isleworth, Middlesex 1739–1816 Exeter), Towne left Exeter, in southwestern England, to visit Italy in 1780-81. After his return, a former student commissioned this Roman view showing a steep road falling away over a hill toward the Villa Medici (now the Académie Française)
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View, Arco Scuro, Looking Towards, Villa Medici, Rome, 1785, Watercolor, graphite, pen, brown ink, laid paper, sheet, 12 13/16 x 18 7/8, 32.5 48 cm, Drawings, Francis Towne, British, Isleworth, Middlesex, 1739–1816, Exeter, Towne left, southwestern England, visit Italy, 1780-81, return, former student, commissioned, Roman view, showing, steep road, falling, away, hill, now, Académie Française
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