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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.179
People
Benigno Bossi, Italian (Arcisate, Italy 1727 - 1792 Parma)
After Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French (Lyon 1727 - 1801 Parma)
Title
Greek Grenadier
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Grenadier à la Grecque
Series/Book Title: Mascarade à la Grecque, plate 3
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1771
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359224

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 27 × 18.5 cm (10 5/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
sheet: 41.6 × 29.7 cm (16 3/8 × 11 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, brown ink: 15
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Chev.r E. A. Petitot inv.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Gravè [sic] par Benigno Boƒsi.
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Grenadier à la Grecque
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: Tut [illegible text] / 1300
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 990536 [in rectangle]
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: 3
  • inscription: lower right, graphite, erased: Mayor
  • watermark: [fleur-de-lys]
  • inscription: from old mat, graphite: le Blanc 188 / Filigrave: Fleur de lys / Petitot (d'aprés Eurimond Alexandre) / "Mascarade à la grecque" 10 pl / grenadier à la grecque / Eau forte par Benigno Bossi 1771

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
American Art Market, sold; to [Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Blanc 188

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.179
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Giorgio Cusatelli, Petitot: un artista del Settecento europeo a Parma, exh. cat., Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo (Parma, 1997), pp. 10-29 [reference citation]

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