Study for Christ Tempted in the Desert Artist: Domenico Morelli (Italian, 1823–1901)

1895

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Graphite, black chalk, and white gouache

Dimensions

sheet: 8 7/8 × 20 1/4 in. (22.5 × 51.5 cm)

Credit Line

Partial gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson and purchased with the Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

2023.38.95

Culture

Italian

Period

19th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
August Florian Jacacci (1856-1930), France and United States. Sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, May 26, 2006, lot 5740; sold to Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander Johnson, New York, May 26, 2006; partial gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022
Bibliography
  • New Acquisitions: Fall 2009 European Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, and Sculpture 1780-1960, exh. cat. (New York: Shepherd Gallery, Assoc., Inc., 2009),
  • Bassenge, Berlin, Auktion 87: Kunst des 15.-19. Jahrhunderts, 26 Mai 2006, sale cat. (2006), lot 5740
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

studies (visual works)

Inscriptions

Lower center, in graphite: – 7 1/2 – ;\r\nLower right, in graphite: J. Marca – Cap: 1. V. 13.; Morelli [crossed out]\r\nUpper right, in black ink: 626-

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