Design after a Fountain in the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati

Quick Overview

Artist: Giovanni Guerra (Italian, Modena 1544–1618 Rome)
Date: 1590–1600
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash and pale blue-gray watercolor accents (on the depictions of water), over leadpoint or black chalk, with ruling and compass construction
Dimensions: sheet: 13 5/8 x 26 3/4 in. (34.6 x 68 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1977
Accession no.: 1977.619

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Giovanni Guerra
n.d. · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003560
Saint Paul Surrounded by Disciples after His Lapidation at Lystra (Acts 14:20)
Giovanni Guerra
1590–1618 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020076
Vestal Virgin
Giovanni Guerra
16th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020988

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.