Two Boys with Two Satyrs (Study for "The Triumph of Venus")

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.335
People: Workshop of Carlo Cignani, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1628 - 1719 Forli, Italy)
Title: Two Boys with Two Satyrs (Study for "The Triumph of Venus")
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1678-1679
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298320

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised with a stylus for transfer; verso covered with red chalk

Dimensions

actual: 29.9 x 42.2 cm (11 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: old mount, graphite: This fine drawing was gotten in Italy by Mr. Alexander. It represents the four boys who are drawing the chariot of Bacchus in the cartoon of Carlo Cignani in the palace of the Duke of Parma. Liotard has engr. the P.

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: 1898.335
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 17, repr. (recto and verso), pp. 12, 15

Exhibition History

Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001

Verification Level

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