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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5780
People
Attributed to August Temmel, German (Ratibor, Germany c. 1800 - 1840 Rome)
After Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)
Title
Mercury Carrying Psyche to Olympus, after Raphael, Villa Farnesina
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/30891

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red and white chalk on off-white wove paper prepared with ochre ground
Dimensions
58.5 x 44 cm (23 1/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: "Mercury and Psyche rising to Olympus" K. K. 86
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: After Raphael

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
G5780
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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