1998.62: Artemesia

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.62

People

Attributed to Alessandro Turchi, Italian (Verona, Italy 1578 - 1649 Rome, Italy)

Title

Artemesia

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Sophonisba

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/209693

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk, brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

16.6 x 14.9 cm (6 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso of mount, graphite: Alessandro Turchi
• exhibition label: originally attached to back of framing cardboard, printed label, with stamped object number, Italian: Mostra
  del
  600 a Venezia
  e nel Veneto
  Venezia 1959
  
  68
• exhibition label: verso of old frame, printed label, with typed information and graphite number, English: Museum of Art
  Rhode Island School of Design
  Providence 3, Rhode Island
  
  Lent by:
  Miss Bernice Davidson
  18
• label: verso of old frame, ink on adhesive paper, Italian: j u
  MERCI VISITATE
  DOGANA ITALIANA
  6488
• gallery label: adhesive label: [bar code] 03275849

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Bernice Davidson, New York, NY, Gift to HUAM, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernice Davidson

Accession Year

1998

Object Number

1998.62

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• La Pittura del Seicento a Venezia: catalogo della mostra, exh. cat., Edizioni Alfieri (Venice, Italy, 1959), cat. no. 18 (title: Sophonisba)

Exhibition History

• La pittura del Seicento a Venezia, Ca' Pesaro, Venice, 06/27/1959 - 10/25/1959

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