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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5792
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Venus Offered Riches from the Sea
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/30650

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
34.5 x 46 cm (13 9/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on mount, graphite: Original - Bolognese School
  • inscription: verso of mount, lower left, brown ink: B.P.L. No. 12
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Pietro da Cortona

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, William Gray, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G5792
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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