DrawingsItalian16th century

Nereid Seated on a Sea Horse

16th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, gray ink, brown wash and traces of black chalk, main figure lightly incised, on cream antique laid paper with infill at bottom edge, edge of infill covered in white gouache

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.7 × 23.5 cm (8 9/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Gutekunst]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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