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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1938.50
People
Giovanni Battista Busiri, Italian (Rome, Italy 1698 - 1757)
Title
Pyramid of Cestius Near Rome
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298734

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
17.3 × 23.7 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
1938.50
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. 273

Verification Level

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