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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1815.19.8.A
People
Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)
Title
Copy of a Roman Cippus (The Roman Album)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
album page, drawing
Date
1775-1780
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293519

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon on cream laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper with folio 8b
Dimensions
irregular: 18 x 15 cm (7 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscribed by David in black crayon, lower left: a la ville negroni; paraphs of Eugène and Jules David (L. 839; L. 1437) in brown ink at lower center and right. Cippus is inscribed: DIS MANIB / OCTAVIAE / DE CASARI / UXORI [to the eternal shades / Octavia / Caesar's / wife].

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1815.19.8.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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