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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1938.52
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Two Winged Figures Reclining on Clouds with Two Cherubs
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298295

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
15.1 × 21.1 cm (5 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right: From W B 1850.
  • inscription: top: [cut off inscription]
  • watermark: shield with a cross (fragmentary, Guiffrey 30[?]; Mongan-Sachs W. 28)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1958

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
1938.52
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 323

Verification Level

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