1943.1815.19.8.A: Copy of a Roman Cippus (The Roman Album)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1815.19.8.A
- People
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Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)
- Title
- Copy of a Roman Cippus (The Roman Album)
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing, album page
- 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
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- 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
- Permissions
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