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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.35.51
People
Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)
Title
Blank page; verso: Inscription
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/30715

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metalpoint on prepared paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, metalpoint, in artist's hand: St. Luke's Rome / [--] Titian (sketch) / scumbled over light grey / or over cool prep [crossed out] underp or grey / ground [--] -- / a sketch by Rubens on grey / (black washed over white). / 152 - 174.214.105.142 [crossed out] / Florence [--] all / the cracks shew cool grey --in light, / sky, everywhere. / [--] Tit [--] grey grd [--] / modell up with white light / gry grnd. [--] / Bella Donna Tit. / [--] / Tintor / Vulcan + Venus / black + white / [--] / only

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Geoffrey Steele's Bookshop, Mahopac, NY, sold to Fogg, 1946.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1946
Object Number
1946.35.51
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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