Symbolical Figure of Rhine | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.138
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Symbolical Figure of Rhine
Other Titles: Alternate Title: River God
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/299787

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions: actual: 14.7 x 24.5 cm (5 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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: 1898.138
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), vol. 1, cat. no. 216, pp. 117-18 as school of Bologna, 17th century

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