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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1249.11
People
? James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
After ? William Mossop, Irish (Dublin, Ireland 1751 - 1805 Dublin, Ireland)
Title
Drusus?
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/143616

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Clear glass paste
Technique
Intaglio
Dimensions
sight: 3.4 x 2.7 x 1 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: around edge, incised: HISPANIAE LIBERTATIS DEFENSOR ACERRIMUS ROMANA
  • inscription: left of bust, incised: MOSSOP

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; [through Cooper and Griffith, New York] to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1249.11
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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