The Contest of Apollo and Pan | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2001.55
People: Giuseppe Chiari, Italian (Lucca or Rome, Italy 1654 - 1727 Rome, Italy)
Title: The Contest of Apollo and Pan
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th-18th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/174317

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions

28 x 14 cm (11 x 5 1/2 in.)
mount: 30.2 x 16.2 cm (11 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

collector's mark: lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 513 [Count Gelossi, Turin, late 18th c]
collector's mark: lower left, purple ink, stamp: L. 3529 (Nicos Dhikeos, Cyprus 1899 - 1987 Lyon)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Count ? Gelossi, Turin (L. 513). Active late 18th century. See the appendix by Aidan Weston-Lewis in Raphael: The Pursuit of Perfectoin, National Galleries of Scotland, 1994, pp. 129-131.
Nicos Dhikeos.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift in memory of George M. A. Hanfmann and G. Wallace Woodworth
Accession Year: 2001
Object Number: 2001.55
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The mount has a double framing line in black ink. The drawing has been affixed to the present mount since the late 18th century, as a collector's mark of that time embossed the mount when it was applied to the drawing.

Verification Level

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