1871-1894
actual: 26.2 x 17.4 cm (10 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
(?) Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome. Reverend Father Francis Agius (Our Lady of Counsel), Inwood, Long Island [1], sold; to [Shepherd Gallery, New York, c. 1958], sold; to John D. and Dorothy B. Barton, Rhode Island, c. 1976, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, December 1991 [1] From notes in curatorial file: The drawing was one of 283 late 18th- and 19th-century Italian and European drawings compiled in an album, acquired by the Shepherd Gallery from the estate of Father Agius. The album is thought to have been compiled by Giovanni Piancastelli. This drawing was mounted on page 85 of the album.
Black and white chalk on tan laid paper
19th centuryItalianBlack ink over graphite on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryItalianBlack chalk on off-white wove paper
19th centuryItalianBlack and red chalk, white gouache on white wove paper prepared with brown wash; verso: black chalk
19th centuryItalianBrown ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryItalianGraphite, watercolor and white gouache on beige paper
19th centuryItalianBlack ink, gray wash, traces of white chalk over black chalk on gray wove paper, with framing lines in graphite; verso: black chalk
18th-19th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on cream laid paper
19th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown and gray washes on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryItalianBrown ink on off-white wove paper
19th centuryItalianBlack chalk on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryItalianGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryItalian