American Academy Window 1976

The American Academy in Rome is located high up on the Janiculum Hill above the city. The Academy is a cultural embassy designed to bring American scholars and artists to Rome for study and inspiration. There are other national academies as well, though not nearby. The American Academy is placed among Church properties hosting priests and religious orders from other countries. My parents stayed at the American Academy in 1950 and I stayed there in 1976. I drew this view through one of the Academy's windows.

Rapidograph technical pen and colored pencil, 4 1/2" x 7", 1976.