Allegory

Artist: Fortunato Duranti (Italian, 1787–1863)

ca. 1810–30

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Pen and brown ink and wash

Dimensions

sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in. (19.1 × 26.2 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

2023.38.40

Culture

Italian

Period

19th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Bought at a German auction by Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander Johnson, New York, before 2000 [see note 1]; partial gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022

Note 1: Email correspondence with Roberta Olson and Alexander Johnson, August 12-16, 2022, copies in curatorial file
Bibliography
  • Shepherd W&K Galleries New York, New York, European Paintings, Watercolors,
    Drawings and Sculpture    , sale cat. (2017), 9, no. 6, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

drawings, figures (representations), studies (visual works)

Subject

columns flames smoke

Inscriptions

Recto, continuing on to verso, in brown ink: Bartoltino = pino avea 91 brillo . . . \r\nVerso, in graphie: 151

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