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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1223
People
Wedgwood & Bentley, British (in business 1769-1780)
Title
Solon and Chrysippus
Other Titles
Former Title: Two Classical Figures
Former Title: Solon and Pitticus
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1774
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229934

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue jasperware body with facing portrait busts in white relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
5.5 x 7.1 x 0.8 cm (2 3/16 x 2 13/16 x 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: Wedgwood / & Bentley
  • inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: Pitticus Solon
  • label: verso, yellow paper and black ink, printed: [ ] 5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1223
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two male busts, facing; drapery around neck. Man on left bald, with fringe; man on right bearded.

Publication History

  • Jean Gorely, "The Winthrop Collection", Old Wedgwood, Wellesley Press, Inc. (Wellesley, MA, 1943), no. 10, pp. 132-139, p. 136
  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 6, p. 11

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Old Wedgwood, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1973 - 05/27/1973
  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/2015 - 05/05/2016

Verification Level

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