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Pietro Rotari

Apollo and Marsyas: Verso: studies of figures in graphite, 1700s

Description

Maker

Pietro Rotari, 1707-1762, Italian, designer

Title

Apollo and Marsyas: Verso: studies of figures in graphite

Year

1700s

Medium

pen and ink, wash technique and chalk on white paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

white paper

Dimensions

40 x 53.3 cm (15 13/16 x 21 inches) varies up to 15.75

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso: inscribed in pen and ink in a 19th-century hand: "Francesco Solimena detto l'Abate Ciccio nacque l'anno 1659 in Nocera dei Pagani (territorio di Napoli)"

Watermark: Fleur de lis in a double circle surmounted by a V

Traces of the collector's label of Landau Finaly (Florence; Lugt 1334c)

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

58.073

Exhibition History

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century

January 12 - February 5, 1967

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

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