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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5771
People
Attributed to August Temmel, German (Ratibor, Germany c. 1800 - 1840 Rome)
After Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)
Title
Head of a Muse, after "Parnassus" by Raphael
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/31036

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red and white chalk on blue wove paper prepared with brown ground
Dimensions
43.7 x 30 cm (17 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: After Raphael
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Melpomene / From Parnassus

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
G5771
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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