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The Gardens and Terraces of the Villa d'Este at the Foot of the Fountain of the Organ (Les Cascatelles); verso: Study for the Figure of Callirhoë
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[Unidentified dealer Paris] sold; to [Hallsborough Gallery London] sold; to Eugene V. Thaw 1960 gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2005.
NOTE: According to a former director of the gallery the drawing was purchased for "almost nothing" from a small dealer in Paris. See Geraldine Norman The Times March 9 1978.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw
Title: The Gardens and Terraces of the Villa d'Este at the Foot of the Fountain of the Organ (Les Cascatelles); verso: Study for the Figure of Callirhoë
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