Female nude asleep in pose of Venus; study of a female head and arm playing a mandolin | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.78
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Female nude asleep in pose of Venus; study of a female head and arm playing a mandolin
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Female nude asleep in pose of Venus; study of a female head and arm playing a mandolin
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1829 - 1832
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305470

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on yellowed wove tracing paper mounted to tissue

Dimensions

36.4 x 45.2 cm (14 5/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
mount: 41.2 x 60.4 cm (16 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower edge, graphite: Una
inscription: lower edge, graphite: [upside down:] Lorenzo
label: verso, paper: 144

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: To the artist's wife Martha Dana Allston at his death, 1843; to the Washington Allston Trust, 1862.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from The Washington Allston Trust
Object Number: 8.1955.78
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 118A, reproduced in b/w fig. 317

Verification Level

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