1946.35.58: Inscription; verso: Endpaper

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.35.58

People

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

Title

Inscription; verso: Endpaper

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, sketchbook page

Date

19th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/47679

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: Sd up [--] Ferrara (Milan / Brera) / do. Salviati (Salute, Ven. ) / Titian Ch. S. Rocco--Venice / Judas / flayed down to the canvas [--] / grd not absorbent--shewing / white or nearly, where scratches / [--] preparation uniform / cool grey-- (IV. black and white) / light in qual, but not glazed / [--] rubbed in / warm brown - light thick / local col. ("[--] d. v. [--]") / the half [--] being this small / have almost entirely dis / appeared --picture ap.

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

1946.35.58

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

Inscriptions refer to: Francesco de' Rossi Salviati (1510-1563), Titian and the Scuola di San Rocco, and the Basilica di S. Maria della Salute, Venice

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• 1946.35.1-62

  Frederic Leighton

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  Drawings

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