1932.228: Sleeping Nymph Surprised by a Satyr

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.228

People

Pier Francesco Mola, Italian (Coldreio, Switzerland 1612 - 1666 Rome, Italy)

Title

Sleeping Nymph Surprised by a Satyr

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298721

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

24 x 17.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser

Accession Year

1932

Object Number

1932.228

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 285, fig. 138
• Giulio Bora and M. Cristina Rodeschini Galati, I disegni della collezione Morelli, Credito Bergamasco (Bergamo, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 9, p. 256, repr. fig. 9
• Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 33 under "Iron-gall ink"
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con due stelle rosse")

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