Italianate River Landscape with an Inn

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Artist: Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel (Dutch, Amersfoort 1652 or 1653–1736 Rome)
Date: mid-17th–mid-18th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 1/16 in. (26.7 x 40.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession no.: 1975.131.168

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Gaspar van Wittel
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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004202
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Gaspar van Wittel
mid-17th–mid-18th century · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021522
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Gaspar van Wittel
mid-17th–mid-18th century · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021523

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