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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.236
People
Giovanni Muzzioli, Italian (1854 - 1894)
Title
Muslim Standing on a Prayer Rug
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1871-1894
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294222

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over black chalk on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 26.2 x 17.4 cm (10 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • exhibition label: Removed from backing board (now in curatorial file), printed text in black ink: Shepherd Gallery, Associates / 21 East 84th Street, New York 10028. UN 1-4050 / Muzzioli, Giovanni 1854-1894 / Muslim standing on a prayer rug / Ital. 19th c. Drawings & Watercolors, An Album, SG, Spring 1976, cat. no. 182, ill, plate 53
  • inscription: Verso, b.c., graphite: Gio. Muzzioli 182

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
(?) Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome. Reverend Father Francis Agius (Our Lady of Counsel), Inwood, Long Island [1], sold; to [Shepherd Gallery, New York, c. 1958], sold; to John D. and Dorothy B. Barton, Rhode Island, c. 1976, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, December 1991

[1] From notes in curatorial file: The drawing was one of 283 late 18th- and 19th-century Italian and European drawings compiled in an album, acquired by the Shepherd Gallery from the estate of Father Agius. The album is thought to have been compiled by Giovanni Piancastelli. This drawing was mounted on page 85 of the album.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Barton Family in memory of Eleanor Dodge Barton
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.236
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Roberta J.M. Olson, Italian 19th Century Drawings & Watercolors, An Album, Shepherd Gallery (New York, 1976), p. 182, ill. pl. 53

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