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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.491.B
People
Johann Heinrich Meil, German (1730 - 1820)
Title
Hippias Visits Danae, from "Geschichte des Agathon"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1772
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293949

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash, with some incising, on cream antique laid paper, verso covered with red chalk
Dimensions
9.6 x 6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: black ink, upper right: 8
  • inscription: bottom, black ink: Agathon I.B. (2. Cap. p. 135.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ferdinand Ebner, Augsbourg. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.491.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Preparatory drawing for Meil's "Zwölf Kupfer zur Wielandischen Geschichte des Agathon," by Christoph Martin Wieland, Göttingen, 1772

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