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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.95
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss (Chur, Switzerland 1741 - 1807 Rome, Italy)
Title
Study for a Memorial Monument
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1790
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295581

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil and black chalk on antique laid paper, laid down on heavy card
Dimensions
29.5 x 22.2 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, blue ballpoint ink: Angelica Kauffmann oil sketch/Colln van Regteren Altena / bot: Nystad (Sanil) Den Haag. 5/25/67[?]
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 2084 (P. Huart?)
  • inscription: lower center, on monument, graphite, in artist's hand: ARGUMENT
  • watermark: unidentified letters, including O, T, BR, T(?). Beta not possible.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
P? Huart (with his mark: L. 2084); I. Q. van Regteren Altena; Sam Nystad, The Hague; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.95

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.95
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/02/2019 - 09/19/2019

Verification Level

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