# Evening in Italy—the Deserted Villa

- By: Samuel Palmer (English, 1805-1881)
- Date: 1845
- Medium: Watercolor, with traces of shell gold, over graphite on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 19 × 41.2 cm (7 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.)
- Culture: United Kingdom
- Credit line: Gift of Celia and David Hilliard in honor of Jim and Emese Wood
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/181521)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/23daf4e7-edad-2ff0-1341-e2516754c3be/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)