1946.35.3: Inscription with Sketch; verso: Figure Sketches

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.35.3

People

Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)

Title

Inscription with Sketch; verso: Figure Sketches

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, sketchbook page

Date

19th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/47200

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: recto, metalpoint, in artist's hand: [--] violet doves in [--] / Fontanalia--varro de Ling Lat / VI. 22 / [--] / lt. blue fig. --older tree / --many gry cols [--] old dull / with brown / C + P gr. gold - brown leaves light / against shal wall / white wall, [--] / pale fair flsh - blond - dark [--] / green + gold / [--] v. [--] undp. gry / v. gold brown. blots of crimson / and brwn. gd. --sky blu streaks

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

1946.35.3

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

Inscriptions refer to: Marcus Terentius Varro's (116-27 B.C.) books on grammar known as "De Lingua Latina." Fontanalia is a festival held on October 13 in honor of Fontus, the Roman god of wells and springs (mentioned in "De Lingua Latina," VI, 22), when wells and fountains were decorated with garlands and flowers.

Related Works

• 1946.35.1-62

  Frederic Leighton

  Sketchbook

  Drawings

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