The Steps and Terrace at the Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy
The Steps and Terrace at the Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy
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Thomas Hartley Cromek (1809-1873)
The Steps and Terrace at the Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy
Signed lower left: T.H. CROMEK f
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour
28.1 by 41.7 cm., 11 by 16 1/4 in.
Villa Torlonia was originally built in the sixteenth century and its name dates from the nineteenth century when it was bought by Prince Torlonia. The villa was destroyed when Frascati was bombed on 8th December 1943 but the gardens are now a public park.