View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Richard Wilson
Artist bio: British, Penegoes, Wales 1712/13–1782 Denbighshire, Wales
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: British, Welsh
Date: 1754
Medium: Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white; laid down on original paper mount with purple border
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 11/16 in. (28.5 × 42.4 cm)
Mount: 13 3/4 in. × 19 9/16 in. (35 × 49.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Accession year: 1972
Tags: Churches|Landscapes|Rome