An Architectural Capriccio; a View Through a Great Arch with an Obelisk in a Piazza in the Middle Distance by Charles Michel Ange Challe — Charles Michel Ange Challe. An Architectural Capriccio; a View Through a Great Arch with an Obelisk in a Piazza in the Middle Distance, 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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An Architectural Capriccio; a View Through a Great Arch with an Obelisk in a Piazza in the Middle Distance

by Charles Michel Ange Challe

Quick Overview

Artist: Charles Michel Ange Challe (French, Paris 1718–1778 Paris)
Date: 18th century
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 in. (20.9 x 28.0 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Accession no.: 1971.513.99

Provenance

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